Child workers in England, 1780-1820 parish apprentices and the making of the early industrial labour force /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honeyman, Katrina
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Series:Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.