Human documents of the industrial revolution in Britain / E. Royston Pike
1966, First Edition. London : George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. Very good cloth ex-library copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Front free end paper cut out. Minor library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477625
Physical description; 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages leaves of plates : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; THE RISE OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM; 1. Domestic Manufacturers. Peter Gaskell; 2. Change Comes to Lancashire. Richard Guest; 3. The New Masters and Their Women. Peter Gaskell; 4. The Father of the Factory System. Sir E. Baines; 5. The Success Story of the Peels. Samuel Smiles; 6. The Great Experiment at New Lanark. Robert Owen; FACTORY LIFE AND PEOPLE; (a) LIVING CONDITIONS; 1. Manchester Cotton Operatives. Dr J.P. Kay; 2. England's Manufacturing Population. Peter Gaskell. Personal Appearance. The Daily Round.; Food and Drink.; House Furnishings.; Housing Arrangements.; Foul Language.; The Abominable Irish.; 3. A Manchester Housewife's Weekly Budget. P.P. 1833, XX; 4. A Clock in the Parlour. G.R. Porter; 5. Housing Conditions of the Factory Workers. P.P., Lords, 1842,; 6. Mr Ashworth's Cottages. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26; (b) WORKING CONDITIONS; 1. 'Such Slavery, Such Cruelty.' William Cobbett; 2. Stubborn Facts from the Factories. James Leach; 3. 'Receptacle of demons.' P.P. 1833, XX; 4. A Model Mill. P.P. 1833, XX. 5. Scottish Contrasts. P.P. 1833, XX6. Cobbett's First Factory Visit. William Cobbett; 7. Aprons for Mr Ashton's Girls. Léon Faucher; 8. Bacon Every Day. Dr Andrew Ure; 9. Saltaire Shows the World. John James; 10. 'A bite and a run.' P.P. 1833, XX; 11. Dreadful Mutilations. P.P., Lords, 1842; 27; 12. Promiscuous Privies. P.P. 1833, XX; 1843, XIV; Lodging-house Horrors.; Smoking and Drinking.; CHILD LABOUR; (a) PARISH APPRENTICES; 1. 'Dismal solitudes of torture.' John Fielden, M.P.; 2. One Idiot in Every Batch. Francis Horner, M.P. 3. Robert Blincoe's Own Story. P.P. 1833, XXI4. The Boy from St Pancras Workhouse. John Brown; 5. Mr Moss the Apprentice-Master. P.P. 1816, III; 6. ' A parcel of bitches.' P.P. 1816, III; 7. Happy Backbarrow! P.P. 1816, III; 8. Mr Dale's Apprentices. Sir Thomas Bernard; 9. Dr Percival's Manifesto. P.P. 1816, III; 10. The First Factory Act. 42 Geo. Ill, 87; 11. The Act That Never Was. P.P. 1816, III; 12. The Parish Apprentices Report. P.P. 1814-15, V; (b) PEEL'S COMMITTEE; 1. Sir Robert's Fresh Appeal. P.P. 1816, III. 2. Mr Buchanan Sees Nothing Much Wrong. P.P. 1816, III3. Mr Wedgwood Wants to be Left Alone. P.P. 1816, III; 4. Too Busy for Crime. P.P. 1816, III; 5. Salutary Exercise. P.P. 1816, III; 6. Shilling Bargains. P.P. 1816, III; 7. Robert Owen's Evidence. P.P. 1816, III; 8. A slight Expectoration. P.P., Lords, 1818; 9; 9. The Doctor Who Couldn't (or Wouldn't) Say. P.P., Lords, 1818; 9; 10. 'Be off now.' P.P. Lords, 1819; 16; 11. 'It was me that pushed her.' P.P., Lords, 1819; 16; (c) SADLER'S COMMITTEE; 1. Sadler's Impassioned Oration. Michael Sadler, M.P. Subjects; 1800-1899. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Reference. Economic history. Working class Great Britain History 19th century. Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century ; Sources.
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