The skilled labourer, 1760-1832
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- Hardcover
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Editions
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
408
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/2,4 cm
Gewicht
573 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-904-4
Before the factory whistle ruled time, craftsmen held the line. The workshop was a battlefield. In The Skilled Labourer, 1760-1832, J. L. Hammond traces how skilled workers England navigated Georgian England society as old guild habits met industrial revolution Britain. His panorama moves from booming towns to market centres, showing how war, law, and price swings reached the bench and the toolbag. It is a map of class formation before Victorian reform, and a reminder that progress was often negotiated, contested, and paid for bitterly. This social history nonfiction reads with the tension of lived experience: wages and working life, apprenticeship, craft pride, and the pressures that pushed men and women towards collective action. Hammond follows the early politics of skill, from bargaining and friendly societies to the trade union origins that reshaped British industry, and he sets unrest in context, including the luddite movement history that still haunts debates about technology and dignity at work. Written as an economic history monograph yet alive to streets, workshops, and households, it serves both the curious general reader and the serious student seeking an academic reference book grounded in evidence. A cornerstone of the Hammond labour trilogy and a classic in any labour history collection, this complete unabridged edition keeps Hammond's clear moral intelligence and narrative drive intact. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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