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Autore: | Honeyman Katrina |
Titolo: | Child workers in England, 1780-1820 [[electronic resource] ] : parish apprentices and the making of the early industrial labour force / / Katrina Honeyman |
Pubblicazione: | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina: | 331.3/18 |
Soggetto topico: | Child labor - England - History - 18th century |
Child labor - England - History - 19th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-323) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Industrial change in England 1780-1820 -- The Poor Law and the parish apprentice -- Factory apprenticeship : structure, process and legislation -- The supply and distribution of parish apprentices -- Textile enterprise and the parish apprentice -- The costs and benefits of parish apprenticeship -- Parish factory apprenticeship and the nature of work -- The making of a gendered labour force? -- The exploitation of little children -- The voices of the children -- The protection of parish apprentices -- The neglect of parish apprentices -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A major contribution to studies in child labour, this book explores the contribution of child workers and the particular importance of the parish apprenticeship system to early industrial expansion. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Child workers in England, 1780-1820 |
ISBN: | 1-315-57146-3 |
1-317-16795-3 | |
1-317-16794-5 | |
1-281-20836-1 | |
9786611208363 | |
0-7546-8669-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784504103321 |
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