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...

The Social Origins of the Welfare State traces the evolution of the first universal laws for Quebec families, passed during the Second World War. In this translation of her award-winning Aux origines sociales de lEtat-providence, Dominique Marshall examines the connections between political initiatives and Quebecois families, in particular the way family allowances and compulsory schooling primarily benefited teenage boys who worked on family farms and girls who stayed home to help with domestic labour. She demonstrates that, while the promises of a minimum of welfare and...

A standard introduction to the period which has retained its popularity over the years with generations of students.