CONTENTS:

PART I: 1760-1851 – THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES

I. THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION
   The Economic Changes
   The Destruction of the Peasant Village
II. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
   The Economic Changes
   The Old Industrial Classes. Luddism
   The New Industrial Classes
III. WAR AND DEPRESSION
   Economic Conditions
   Population
   Industrial Struggle: the Combination Laws and Co-operation
IV. THE CRUSHING OF BRITISH RADICALISM
   The French Revolution and the War with France
   The Post-war Depression
V. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
   Railways and the Navvies
   The Development of Industry and Agriculture
   The Freeing of Trade
   Banking and Currency
VI. WORKING CONDITIONS
   Industry and Trade
   Mines
VII. ARISTOCRACY VERSUS MIDDLE CLASSES
   The Reform Act of 1832
   The Repeal of the Corn Laws
VIII. WORKING-CLASS STRUGGLE
   Co-operation
   The Industrial Workers’ Revolt
   The Revolt of the Land Workers
IX. THE POOR LAW AND PUBLIC HEALTH
   The Poor Law
   Public Health
X. CHARTISM
XI. EDUCATION
XII. SELF-EDUCATION
   Adult Education
   Newspapers
XIII. THE AGE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES
   Political Economy and Philosophy
   Art and Literature
   The Great Exhibition

PART II: 1851-1950 – THE RISE OF THE WORKING CLASSES

XIV. VICTORIAN PROSPERITY: 1851-73
   Industry
   Agriculture
XV. SELF-HELP IN THE PERIOD OF "VICTORIAN PROSPERITY"
   Friendly Societies
   Consumers’ Co-operation
   Christian Socialism
XVI. TRADE UNIONS IN THE "PROSPERITY" PERIOD
XVII. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER
XVIII. THE END OF "VICTORIAN PROSPERITY"
   The "Lean Years"
   Readjustment
XIX. THE LABOUR MOVEMENT: 1875-1914
   Trade Unionism and Socialism in the Political Field
   Industrial Struggle
XX. THE END OF AN EPOCH
   The Economic Scene, 1914-39
   Labour between the Wars
   Postscipt: the Second World War and after

PART III: 1851-1950 – A CENTURY OF SOCIAL REFORM

XXI. FACTORY, MINE, AND WORKSHOP
XXII. HEALTH AND HOUSING
XXIII. THE END OF THE POOR LAW
XXIV. EDUCATION
   The Public Education System, 1851-1902
   Higher Education
   The Twentieth Century
   Children’s Reading
   Adult Education
XXV. EPILOGUE

PART IV – THE AGE OF AFFLUENCE

XXVI. INTO THE SIXTIES
XXVIII. OUT OF THE SIXTIES
XXVIII. INTO THE SEVENTIES