John Rule. The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850.

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction: perspectives and problems

PART ONE

MATERIAL CONDITIONS

1 – The standard of living

2 – Working-class consumption

3 – Housing

PART TWO

WORK

4 – The wage and its form

5 – Labour intensity, work discipline and health

PART THREE

COMMUNITY

6 – Community

7 – The family

8 – Sentiment and sex: the feelings ofthe working classes

9 – Popular recreation

10 – Education for the labouring classes

PART FOUR

RESPONSES

11 – Trade unionism before 1825

12 – The repeal of the Combination Acts and the aftermath

13 – Post-1834: craft unionism, miners and Chartism

14 – The protesting crowd: riots and disturbances

Conclusion: class and class consciousness

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