Book description
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