Roy A Church

Economic and Social Change in a Midland Town

Victorian Nottingham 1815-1900

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was first published in 1966.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781138880757
• ISBN-10: 1138880752
• Artikelnr.: 42835872

Autorenporträt

Roy A. Church

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Nottingham in 1815 2. A backward industry: the hosiery
trade and framework knitters 3. The rise of machine-made lace industry 4. A
progressive industry: growth and fluctuation in the machine-made lace trade
5. Poverty and the new Poor Law 6. Chartism in Nottingham 7. Problems of
urban expansion: enclosure, the railway and municipal reform 8. The
reformed corporation and urban society 9. 'New Nottingham': the changing
economic structure, new industries and associations 10. The hosiery
industry: technical innovation, the factory system and the board of
arbitration 11. The lace industry: change and expansion, and the
amalgamated soceity of lace operatives 12. Victorians and economic society
13. The emergence of a modern municipality 14. Victorian city: the
University college and social development