Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, The

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.

John Rule

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.