The birth of industrial Britain : social change, 1750-1850 / Kenneth Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Kenneth, 1953-

Series:

Seminar studies in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial revolution.

History.

Industrialization.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--1760-1860.

Great Britain.

Economic conditions.

Industrialization--Great Britain--History.

Industrial revolution--Great Britain--History.

Industries--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Industries.

Industries--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Harlow ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2011.

Summary:

Each book in the Seminar Studies in History series provides a concise and reliable introduction to complex events and debates. Written by acknowledged experts and supported by extracts from historical Documents, a Chronology, Glossary, Who's Who of key figures and Guide to Further Reading, Seminar Studies in History are the essential guides to understanding a topic.

The Industrial Revolution had a profound and tasting effect on socioeconomic and. cultural conditions in Britain. The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on the lives of ordinary people in the century before 1850.

Extensive population growth, the rise of large industrial urban centres, significant changes in working practices and fluctuations in employment placed strains on society. Although some aspects of social change stemmed from the adjustment to a capitalist economy in the process of industrialisation, Kenneth Morgan argues that many developments - especially in leisure, education and criminal justice - occurred as a result of the changing attitudes of the educated middle class towards the working class.

Written in a clear and accessible manner, the book

documents the harsh existence of many workers during the Industrial Revolution

explains how and why popular protest occurred

describes the provision of poor relief for those out of work

considers why fundamental social change in this period was not accompanied by major political change

This fully updated second edition has been revised to take account of significant recent research, providing a comprehensive range of pedagogical material to support the text. The Birth of Industrial Britain provides an essential up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on British society for students at all levels. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction 1

1 The Birth of Industrial Britain 3

Part 2 Analysis 7

2 Work and Leisure 9

Agriculture 10

Domestic industry and the factory 12

Women's work 14

Child labour 17

Legislation on labour practices 18

Leisure and recreation 20

3 Living and Health Standards 24

The demographic context 26

Housing and the environment 27

Real wages 29

Regional and occupational wage variations 31

Female and child labour, family budgets and entitlements 33

Height and health 34

4 Religion and Society 37

The Church of England 40

The rise of evangelicalism 43

Methodism and society 45

5 Popular Education 51

Elementary schools 52

Sunday schools 54

Voluntary schools and monitorial education 55

State provision for schools 55

Factory schools 56

Poor law schools 58

Literacy and the curriculum 59

Social control and elementary education 61

Adult education 62

6 The Old and New Poor Laws 64

The operation of the Old Poor Law 54

The Old Poor Law under pressure, 1793-1832 67

Changing views on the Old Poor Law 69

The Royal Commission on the Poor Law, 1832 70

The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 71

The implementation of the New Poor Law 72

The Poor Law in Scotland 75

7 Popular Protest 78

Grain riots and the moral economy of the crowd 80

Wilkes and Liberty 82

Revolutionary protest? 83

The Luddites 85

From Luddism to the Reform Bill riots 87

Chartism 89

8 Crime, Justice and Punishment 93

The operation of the law 95

Prosecution 97

Enforcing the law 98

Physical punishments 100

Convict transportation 101

Prisons 103

Part 3 Assessment 107

9 Conclusion 109

Part 4 Documents 113

1 New Lanark, a model factory, 1784-91 114

2 Occupations in 1851 115

3 Richard Oastler on child labour in Yorkshire mills 117

4 Festivals, holidays and local communities 119

5 Two family budgets, 1794 119

6 Pauperism and public health, 1842 121

7 Annual average price of British wheat per quarter, 1801-51 122

8 Average weekly wages in some industrial occupations, 1849-51 123

9 Religion and class, 1849 125

10 The visitation of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 1751 126

11 A Methodist class meeting, c.1822 127

12 Samuel Bamford on Sunday schools 129

13 Work and discipline in the monitorial school, 1810 130

14 A view of workhouse education, 1838 132

15 Address at the opening of the London Mechanics' Institution, 10 February 1824 134

16 The duties of an assistant overseer of the poor, 1832 135

17 Settlement examination and removal order, Wiltshire, 1766 136

18 The Speenhamland decision, 6 May 1795 137

19 A pauper letter of 1826 138

20 The principle of 'less eligibility' 139

21 A Cornish bread riot, 1773 140

22 Parliament against trade unionism, 1799 141

23 A warning from Ned Ludd, 1812 142

24 The Peterloo Massacre, 1819 143

25 The 'Swing' protests in Norfolk, 1830 145

26 The Chartist land plan 145

27 Chartism and a trial for sedition, 1840 146

28 Attitudes towards the Game Laws 147

29 Old Bailey Proceedings, 1764 148

30 The state of the prisons in England and Wales, 1777 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781408230954

140823095X

OCLC:

704384923