The Victorian Working Class

In 1849, the Morning Chronicle, a leading Victorian newspaper, embarked on a social investigation of working class life in England and Wales. Set in the immediate context of concern over Chartism and the cholera epidemic, its intention was to provide a full and detailed description of the moral, intellectual, material and physical condition of the industrial poor.

First published in 1973, this book reflects through the survey the highly complex nature of nineteenth-century social structure throughout England and South Wales, covering descriptions of contrasting political orientations, work and leisure patterns, sex and family, education and religion. In doing so, it provides a classic introduction to the social structures of the working class during the nineteenth century.

This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian history and sociology.

Chapter 102 Introduction, P. E. Razzell; Part 1 Rural Districts, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 103 Bucks. Berks. Wilts. and Oxford, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 104 Somerset Cornwall Dorset and Devon, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 105 Eastern Agricultural Districts, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 106 Northern Counties, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 107 Northern Counties, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 108 Northern Counties, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 109 Herts. Beds. Hunts. Cambridge, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 110 Counties of Northampton Leicester Rutland Nottingham and Derby, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Part 2 Metropolitan Districts, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Part 3 Manufacturing Districts, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 111 Manchester, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 112 Ashton-Under-Lyne, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 113 Bolton, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 114 Oldham, and the Low Lodging-Houses of Manchester, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 115 Macclesfield and the Silk Trade, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 116 Middleton, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 117 The Rural Cloth-Workers of Yorkshire, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 118 The "Stuff" Districts of Yorkshire, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 119 Northumberland and Durham, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 120 Staffordshire, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 121 South Wales-Merthyr Tydfil, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 122 Merthyr and Dowlais, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 123 Liverpool, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright; Chapter 124 Birmingham, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright Appendix, P. E. Razzell, R. W. Wainwright;