Urban Workers in the Early Industrial Revolution

This title, first published in 1984, focuses primarily on the early Industrial Revolution in the Stockport district. As the Industrial Revolution in England was the first instance of successful industrialisation, it can provide many social and economic lessons and also furnish essential evidence for continuing debate over ideology and theory.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Debate over the ‘Working Class’ 2. People and Industry 3. Local Governance 4. Cotton Workers 5. The Skilled and the Unskilled 6. The Rise of Jacobinism 7. The Handloom Weavers 8. The Year of the Luddites 9. Weavers, Radicals and the March of the Blanketeers 10. The Peterloo Era 11. The Fragmentation of Workers’ Movements 12. Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliographies of Primary Sources; Index

About the author

Robert Glen

Summary

This title, first published in 1984, focuses primarily on the early Industrial Revolution (c. 1780-1820) in the Stockport district. As the Industrial Revolution in England was the first instance of successful industrialisation, it can still provide many social and economic lessons and also furnish essential evidence for continuing debate over ideology and theory. Therefore, this title will be of interest to students of both history and economics.

Product details

• Authors: GLEN, Robert Glen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138706354
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70635-4
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution; Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management