ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |23 pages

Introduction: Perspectives and Problems

part One|79 pages

Material Conditions

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

The Standard of Living

chapter Chapter 2|29 pages

Working-Class Consumption

chapter Chapter 3|29 pages

Housing

part Two|48 pages

Work

chapter Chapter 4|23 pages

The Wage and its Form

chapter Chapter 5|23 pages

Labour Intensity, Work Discipline and Health

part Three|99 pages

Community

chapter Chapter 6|13 pages

Community

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

The Family

chapter Chapter 8|18 pages

Sentiment and Sex: The Feelings of the Working Classes

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

Popular Recreation

chapter Chapter 10|22 pages

Education for the Labouring Classes

part Four|144 pages

Responses

chapter Chapter 11|30 pages

Trade Unionism Before 1825

chapter Chapter 12|25 pages

The Repeal of the Combination Acts and the Aftermath

chapter Chapter 13|38 pages

Post-1834: Craft Unionism, Miners and Chartism

chapter Chapter 14|31 pages

The Protesting Crowd: Riots and Disturbances

chapter |18 pages

Conclusion: Class and Class Consciousness