Social Mobility in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century England

by A. Miles

Overview

In this groundbreaking study, Andrew Miles subjects historical evidence of intergenerational and career mobility from the records of nineteenth-century marriages and autobiographical testimony to the analytical techniques developed by social scientists. Challenging previous assumptions about the long-term pattern of mobility in Britain, he demonstrates that the increase in mobility which accompanied the growth of an increasingly urbanized and bureaucratic service economy over the second half of the nineteenth century made English society more "open," while simultaneously encouraging a process of working-class formation which helped shape the emergence of modern labor politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312220457
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/12/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Andrew Miles is Lecturer in Modern Social History at the University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Introduction Exploring the Land of Boundless Opportunity Social Mobility and Class Formation Industrialisation and Social Fluidity Occupations, Classes and Mobility Career Mobility Mechanisms and Meanings of Mobility Marriage Markets and Women's Role in Social Mobility Social Mobility and Class Structure in Historical Perspective Appendix 1: The Social Classification Scheme Appendix 2: Clas Outflow and Inflow Rates of Selected Occupational Groups Appendix 3: Occupational Sector Distributions of Grooms by Class and Sector of Fathers by Marriage Cohort Notes Bibliography Index