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Author Honeyman, Katrina.

Title Child workers in England, 1780-1820 : parish apprentices and the making of the early industrial labour force / Katrina Honeyman.

Publication Info. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
©2007
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Studies in labour history
Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
Contents Industrial change in England 1780-1820 -- The Poor Law and the parish apprentice -- Factory apprenticeship : structure, process and legislation -- The supply and distribution of parish apprentices -- Textile enterprise and the parish apprentice -- The costs and benefits of parish apprenticeship -- Parish factory apprenticeship and the nature of work -- The making of a gendered labour force? -- The exploitation of little children -- The voices of the children -- The protection of parish apprentices -- The neglect of parish apprentices -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography.
Summary A major contribution to studies in child labour, this book explores the contribution of child workers and the particular importance of the parish apprenticeship system to early industrial expansion.
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Subject Child labor -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Child labor.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Child labor -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Geschichte 1780-1820
1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Honeyman, Katrina. Child workers in England, 1780-1820. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2007005525 (OCoLC)82772660
ISBN 9780754686699 (electronic book)
0754686698 (electronic book)
9780754662723 (alkaline paper)
0754662721 (alkaline paper)

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