The Making of an Industrial Society

ISBN-13: 9780198200666 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 478 str.

David Levine; Keith Wrightson

Opis

This is the first intensive study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in north-east England, was arguably Britain's first modern industrial society.David Levine and Keith Wrightson employ the latest techniques of socio-historical research and make full use of a wide variety of contemporary sources to explore many aspects of life in Whickham between 1560 and 1765. They bring together vital strands - including industrial development, agrarian change, social stratification, demography, religion, work, leisure, living standards, kinship and the family - to produce a rounded and vivid picture, which throws into relief the achievements, benefits, and costs of the complex process of industrialization. The development of Whickham is set in the larger context of socio-economic change during this period. This is a major contribution to the history of early modern England.

The first intensive study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in the north-east, was arguably Britain's first modern industrial society. The authors explore life in Whickham between 1560 and 1765 to assess the benefits and costs of the complex process of industrialization.

Recenzje

'a rich and vivid description of the dimensions of life in early modern Whickham ... Wrightson and Levine's careful and challenging study will undoubtedly condition historical approaches to early modern society. The potential advantages of a tight local study are admirably borne out in The Making of an Industrial Society with its sense of coherence and focus. This book is an impressive scholarly achievement ... it is a committed book. The Making of an Industrial Society has recovered lost dimensions of working class and popular politics and culture.' Andy Wood, History Workshop Journal, Vol. 37, Spring 1994

Spis treści

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Abbreviations; England's Peru: The industrial development of Whickham; A world turned inside out: Industrial development and agrarian change; Living by the benefit of coales: The anatomy of industrial society in Whickham; Sooty faces and Elysian shades: Social identities and social relations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Index