Business Family in North of England During Early Industrial - Records of the Lives of Men and Women in Trade, 1788-1832

This volume of annotated primary sources focuses on the lives of tradesmen and women in the northern 'industrial' and commercial towns of Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool from 1788 to 1832. Insights are offered into their domestic, familial, 'personal' and spiritual lives, their business dealings and links with their wider communities.

List of contents

• Abbreviations


• General introduction


• 1: Introduction to the Wilson Correspondence


• 2: The Wilson Correspondence


• 3: Introduction to John Coleman's Memoir and Accounts


• 4: John Coleman's Memoir


• 5: John Coleman's Accounts


• 6: Introduction to George Heywood's Diary and Memoir


• 7: George Heywood's Diary and Memoir


• 8: Introduction to Robert Ayrey's Letterbook


• 9: Robert Ayrey's Letterbook


• Index

About the author

Hannah Barker is a historian of the north of England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She is Professor of British History at the University of Manchester and Director of the John Rylands Research Institute. She is also Chair of Manchester Histories, a charity that works to transform lives in Greater Manchester through histories and heritage and Historical Advisor for the National Trust at Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire.

David Hughes is an independent historian with a degree in History from Bath Spa University. He works as a volunteer in the Community History section of Blackburn with Darwen Library.

Summary

This volume of annotated primary sources focuses on the lives of tradesmen and women in the northern 'industrial' and commercial towns of Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool from 1788 to 1832. Insights are offered into their domestic, familial, 'personal' and spiritual lives, their business dealings and links with their wider communities.

Additional text

This volume is a valuable collection of primary sources that puts people back into the history of the Industrial Revolution ... This carefully selected collection elevates the writings and voices of ordinary tradespeople outside of London in a field that has so often privileged the exceptional and the metropolis.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah (Professor of Modern History Barker
• Assisted by: Hannah Barker (Editor), Barker Hannah (Editor), David Hughes (Editor), Hughes David (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2020
• EAN: 9780197266700
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726670-0
• No. of pages: 385
• Series: Records of Social and Economic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), c 1800 to c 1900, British & Irish history, North & North East England, Social and cultural history, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, North and North East England, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799