Part 1 Skill: Theory and Facts 1. The Concept of Skill 2. Skill in the Engineering Industry Part 2: The Acquisition of Skill 3. Apprenticeship: An Historical Introduction 4. Sources and Methodology 5. The Method of Regular Service Appendix 1: Apprentice Numbers Appendix 2: Premium Apprenticeship 6. Migration and Following-up Appendix: Migration and Following-up in a Scottish Papermill Part 3: Some Implications 7. Skill in Theory and Practice 8. Skill and Industrial Structure Part 4: Changes in Skill 9. Changes in Skill Requirements 1870–1914 Appendix: Early Engineering Workers 10. The Response to Change: Technical Education 11. The Acquisition of Skill and Theories of the Labour Aristocracy
Biography
Charles More’s first book, Skill and the English Working Class, was published in 1980 and has been reissued by Routledge Revivals. Subsequently he has written on a range of topics in social and economic history, for instance Understanding the Industrial Revolution and more recently on military history From Arromanches to the Elbe: Marcus Cunliffe and the 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 1944-1945.
