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Matsumura, T. (1983). The labour aristocracy revisited: The victorian flint glass makers 1850-1880. UK: Manchester University Press. Added by: biblioadmin (2013-01-26 21:22:48) Last edited by: biblioadmin (2013-01-26 21:25:19) |
Resource type: Book ID no. (ISBN etc.): 0719009316 BibTeX citation key: Matsumura1983 View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General, Industrial Glass Keywords: 1800s, Academic, England, History, Politics, Sociology Creators: Matsumura Publisher: Manchester University Press (UK) |
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Abstract |
In recent years historians have contested the validity of the concept of a labour aristocracy. Using newly rediscovered sources, this study explores the history of a skilled trade and its union in what was reputedly the classic age of this 'aristocracy'. Analysis of the labour process and work pattern at workshop level shows how the division of labour created a hierarchy corresponding to specific skills. But glass makers are considered also in terms of their life cycle and the transmission of skills from father to son.
196 pages 4 b/w. |