256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dr Dorothy Marshall covers a vital period in English social development, during which the traditional social hierarchy of order and degree was giving place to a class society marked by the growth of a self-conscious working class.
The author shows how, between 1776 and 1851, industrialization brought about major changes in the structure of society, so that by 1851 the outlines of modern urban... Read more
Chapter 1 The Economic Framework 1
Chapter 2 Urban England 28
Chapter 3 Rural England 56
Chapter 4 The Changing Social Structure 89
Chapter 5 The Climate of Opinion: Upper and Middle Class 111
Chapter 6 The Climate of Opinion: Working Class 142
Chapter 7 Constitutional and Administrative Adjustments 171
Chapter 8 Legislative Experiments in Social Reform 196
Figures 229
Suggestions for Further Reading 233
Index 239
Biography
Authored by Marshall, Dorothy
