1st Edition
The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England
By Neville Kirk
Copyright 1985
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
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The post-Chartist period saw an easing of class tensions and the growth of a reformist working class. Using evidence based upon the cotton districts of north-west England, the author shows that enhanced socio-political stability owed much to economic restabilisation in his book The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England (originally published in 1985).
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1. The Growth of Reformism: Debates and Issues 2. The Cotton Districts 3. Economic Growth and Living Standards 4. Labour Leaders and their Institutions 5. Respectability 6. Masters and Operatives 7. Class, Ethnicity and Popular Toryism 8. Conclusion
Biography
Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Social and Labour History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of labour history.
Review of the first publication:
‘Neville Kirk's well-organized and clearly argued book, focusing upon the cotton district in the 1850-70 period, is a regional study of a particularly significant area.’
— Robert Sykes, Social History, Volume 11, Issue 2
