Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England, 1660-1900 - Couverture souple

Snell, K.D. M.

 
9780521335584: Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England, 1660-1900
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521335582 ISBN 13 : 9780521335584
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

This collection of inter-connected essays is concerned with the impact of social and economic change upon the rural labouring poor and artisans in England, and combines a sensitive understanding of their social priorities with innovative quantitative analysis. It is based on an impressive range of sources, and its particular significance arises from the pioneering use made of a largely neglected archival source - settlement records - to address questions of central importance in English social and economic history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Levels of employment, wage rates, poor relief, the sexual division of labour, the social consequences of enclosure, the decline of farm service and traditional apprenticeship, and th equality of family life are amongst the issues discussed in a profound re-assessment of a perennial problem: the standard of living (in its widest sense) of the labouring poor during the period of industrialisation. The author's conclusions challenge much of the prevailing orthodoxy, and his extensive use of literary and attitudinal material is closely integrated with the quantitative restatement of an interpretation that owes much to the older tradition of the Hammonds' Village Labourer.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This collection of inter-connected essays is concerned with the impact of social and economic change upon the rural labouring poor and artisans in England, and combines a sensitive understanding of their social priorities with innovative quantitative analysis. It is based on an impressive range of sources, and its particular significance arises from the pioneering use made of a largely neglected archival source - settlement records - to address questions of central importance in English social and economic history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Levels of employment, wage rates, poor relief, the sexual division of labour, the social consequences of enclosure, the decline of farm service and traditional apprenticeship, and th equality of family life are amongst the issues discussed in a profound re-assessment of a perennial problem: the standard of living (in its widest sense) of the labouring poor during the period of industrialisation. The author's conclusions challenge much of the prevailing orthodoxy, and his extensive use of literary and attitudinal material is closely integrated with the quantitative restatement of an interpretation that owes much to the older tradition of the Hammonds' Village Labourer.

Revue de presse

'Snell's work represents both a weighty and an impressive addition to the literature. It will become required reading for all students of British rural society.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'It all adds up to a historical tour de force, particularly valuable for its long perspective and for its many stimulating ideas ... It deserves to be read, and read carefully, by those who wish to understand better the growth of our modern society.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521335582
ISBN 13 
9780521335584
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
476
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9780521245487: Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England, 1660–1900

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521245486 ISBN 13 :  9780521245487
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1985
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