Dr Dorothy Marshall covers a vital period in English social development, during which the traditional social hierarchy of order and degree was giving place to a class society marked by the growth of a self-conscious working class. The author shows how, between 1776 and 1851, industrialization brought about major changes in the structure of society, so that by 1851 the outlines of modern urban and industrial society had been irrevocably drawn. She examines the social implications of the Industrial Revolution, referring in particular to the growth of urban society, the...
Dr Dorothy Marshall covers a vital period in English social development, during which the traditional social hierarchy of order and degree was givi...
In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century a variety of forces emerged which changed society in many profound and subtle ways. The Making of Modern English Society from 1850 uses the findings of recent historical and sociological research contemporary literature, and a wide range of historical sources to form a clear picture of the main patterns of the social changes which took place in this turbulent period.
Jane Roebuck shows how in these hundred years the whole fabric of society altered more rapidly and radically than in ant...
In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century a variety of forces emerged which changed society in many ...
