Urban Workers In The Early Industrial Revolution (routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution)

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. The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 1997, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the industrial revolution and provides an examination of related key issues. The volumes examine urban workers and the working class in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries, economic growth during the industrial revolution, and the causes of the industrial revolution, with a primary focus on England. This set will be of particular interest to students of history, business and economics. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright Contents Dedication 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 Bibliography of Primary Sources Index This title, first published in 1967, brings together six articles on the industrial revolution, which explain why it actually occurred. This title will be of interest to students of history and economics.