Human documents of the industrial revolution in Britain : Pike, E. Royston (Edgar Royston), 1896-1980 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

368 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm

A collection of primary source documents on the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain that focus on the human element

Includes index

Rise of the factory system -- Factory life and people. Living conditions ; Working conditions -- Child labour. Parish apprentices ; Peel's committee ; Sadler's committee ; Children in factories ; Children in coal mines ; Children in trades and manufactures ; Child labour : for and against -- Woman's place. The factory girl ; Factory wives ; Women in coal mines ; Girls of the pit bank -- Sexual relations -- The state of the towns. A gazetteer of disgusting places ; Chadwick the sanitary reformer ; Recreation and amusements

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