Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution: Early Industrial Capitalism in Three English Towns

by John Foster

Overview

Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution represents both a continuation of, and a stark contrast to, the impressive tradition of social history which has grown up in Britain in the last two decades. Its use of sophisticated quantitative techniques for the dissection of urban social structures will serve as a model for subsequent research workers. This work examines the impact of industrialization on the social development of the cotton manufacturing town of Oldham from 1790-1860; in particular how the experience of industrial capitalism aided the formation of a coherent organized mass class consciousness capable by 1830 of controlling all the vital organs of local government in the town. This will be a useful study to any student of the industrial revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135835118
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

John Foster is a Lecturer in Politics at Strathclyde University, Glasgow.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 2 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND SOCIETY 3 LABOUR AND STATE POWER 4 ECONOMICS OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS 5 CLASS STRUGGLE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 6 CRISIS OF THE BOURGEOISIE 7 LIBERALIZATION 8 POSTSCRIPT