282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is an important contribution to the new urban history, describing and analysing one of the best examples of a company town in nineteenth-century Europe. This archetypal railway town was built on a green-field site by a railway company in 1842-3. It was a major junction, an administrative centre and an important manufacturing centre. Thus it provides an ideal arena in which to study the... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Crewe Railway Town: A railway town - growth and emerging social structure; Company and People - at the Works: The history of Crewe Railway Works and its workforce; Managerial strategies; Worker responses; Skill and the labour process in Crewe Works; Company and People - Paternalism and Politics in the Town: The culture and politics of nonconformity; The politics of a railway town; Paternalism and politics; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Diane K. Drummond
'a detailed yet perceptive contribution to understanding industrial relations and working-class politics in Victorian Britain.' Labour/le Travail 'This study of ’influence politics’ is thoroughly researched [and] written very clearly...worth every penny.' Labour History Review, Vol. 61, no. 1
