1750-1850 Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England / Edition 1

by John Rule

Overview

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of current research on the social conditions, experiences and reactions of working people during the period 1750 - 1850.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582491724
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/07/1986
Series:	Themes In British Social History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowlegements. List of tables. Preface. Introduction: perspectives and problems. Part one: material conditions.
Part two: Work. Part three: Community. Part four: Responses. Conclusion: class and class consciousness.

Editorial Reviews

'xxx; a work to be cherished by all serious students of modern social history, in many ways a classic.'

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