| Description |
ix, 464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 2 |
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Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 2
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Agricultural seasonal unemployment, the standard of living, and women's work, 1690-1860 -- 2. Social relations - the decline of service -- 3. Social relations - the poor law -- 4. Enclosure and employment - the social consequences of enclosure -- 5. The decline of apprenticeship -- 6. The apprenticeship of women -- 7. The family -- 8. Thomas Hardy, rural Dorset, and the family -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Analysis |
England Rural regions Poor persons Social conditions, 1660-1900 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 418-453 |
| Subject |
Agricultural laborers -- England -- History.
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Agricultural laborers -- Great Britain -- History.
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Rural poor -- England -- History.
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Working class -- England -- History.
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England -- Rural conditions.
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England -- Social conditions.
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Great Britain -- Social conditions.
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| LC no. |
84021351 |
| ISBN |
0521245486 |
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0521335582 (paperback) |
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