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History General

Working Man in the Nineteenth Century

edited by Michael S. Cross

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1974
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195402209
    Publish Date
    Jun 1974
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

This collection of documents gives a picture of the life of the workingman in the nineteenth century - his conditions of work, his housing, diet, health, and recreations, the way he viewed his problems (and was viewed as a problem by the upper classes), and his gradually developing interest in unionism. The sources are mostly contemporary accounts drawn from books, newspapers, and evidence supplied to the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital. The documents are lively, often amusing, always very revealing of the life of the ordinary people.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Michael S. Cross is adjunct professor at Dalhousie University. He has published on Canadian social, labour, and political history.