Victorian Factory Life

Victorian Factory Life uncovers the lives of the men, women and children who worked in the factories of Victorian Britain, manufacturing everything from hats, cloth and dinner plates to beer and locomotives. Life in the Victorian factory was harsh, and factory employees, many of whom were children, working hard for six days a week in dangerous conditions.

Generously illustrated with old photographs, artwork and pieces of ephemera, Victorian Factory Life is powerfully evocative of a past age of British working life and continues Shire's coverage of all aspects of Victorian life.

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Victorian Factory Life

Victorian Factory Life uncovers the lives of the men, women and children who worked in the factories of Victorian Britain, manufacturing everything from hats, cloth and dinner plates to beer and locomotives. Life in the Victorian factory was harsh, and factory employees, many of whom were children, working hard for six days a week in dangerous conditions.

Generously illustrated with old photographs, artwork and pieces of ephemera, Victorian Factory Life is powerfully evocative of a past age of British working life and continues Shire's coverage of all aspects of Victorian life.

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Victorian Factory Life

Victorian Factory Life

by Trevor May
Victorian Factory Life

Victorian Factory Life

by Trevor May

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Overview

Victorian Factory Life uncovers the lives of the men, women and children who worked in the factories of Victorian Britain, manufacturing everything from hats, cloth and dinner plates to beer and locomotives. Life in the Victorian factory was harsh, and factory employees, many of whom were children, working hard for six days a week in dangerous conditions.

Generously illustrated with old photographs, artwork and pieces of ephemera, Victorian Factory Life is powerfully evocative of a past age of British working life and continues Shire's coverage of all aspects of Victorian life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780747807247
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 06/21/2011
Series: Shire Library
Pages: 56
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Trevor May was educated at the universities of London and Exeter and is now a professional historian, writer and educator. He has written over a dozen books on social and economic history topics, including books in the Shire Library series. He lives in Devon.

Table of Contents

Industrialisation and the Factory System /The Early Cotton Mills /The Range of Factory Work /Health and Safety /Women in the Factories /The Factory Worker at Home and at Play /Out of Work /Factory Life at the end of the Victorian Period

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