• Media type: Book
  • Title: Child workers in England, 1780 - 1820 : parish apprentices and the making of the early industrial labour force
  • Contains: Industrial change in England, 1780-1820 -- The Poor Law and the parish apprentice -- Factory apprenticeship: structure, process and legislation -- The supply and distribution of parish apprentices -- Textile enterprise and the parish apprentice -- The costs and benefits of parish apprenticeship -- Parish factory apprenticeship and the nature of work -- The making of a gendered labour force? -- The exploitation of little children -- The voices of the children -- The protection of parish apprentices -- The neglect of parish apprentices -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix
  • Contributor: Honeyman, Katrina [Author]
  • imprint: Aldershot [u.a.]: Ashgate, 2007
  • Published in: Studies in labour history
  • Extent: XII, 340 S.; graph. Darst; 24 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0754662721; 9780754662723
  • RVK notation: NO 7100 : England
    NW 8300 : Arbeiter (einschl. Streiks)
    QF 541 : Großbritannien, Irland
    NW 8150 : Familie, Kinder
    NW 2350 : Großbritannien, Nordirland
  • Keywords: England > Kinderarbeit > Geschichte 1780-1820
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
  • Description: Industrial change in England 1780-1820 -- The Poor Law and the parish apprentice -- Factory apprenticeship : structure, process and legislation -- The supply and distribution of parish apprentices -- Textile enterprise and the parish apprentice -- The costs and benefits of parish apprenticeship -- Parish factory apprenticeship and the nature of work -- The making of a gendered labour force? -- The exploitation of little children -- The voices of the children -- The protection of parish apprentices -- The neglect of parish apprentices -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography

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