Work, Family and the State. Child labour and the organization of production in the British cotton industry, 1780-1920

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See also the writer's doctoral thesis, Lunds University, 1990 (sic). Deals with the use of child labour in cotton goods production through to 1920. Considers the subject through three 'perspectives': 1] in the context of the labour process, technological change and recruitment; 2] in the context of the restrictive forces of factory legislation and compulsory schooling; 3] in the context of the family unit and its income strategies and of working class culture. Introduces some comparative perspectives - eg USA and Scotland.Sections include: 'Previous research, theoretical positions and principal questions'; 'Child labour in the cotton mills - the early phase, c1780-1840'; 'Correcting great moral evils - child labour and the British Factory Inspectorate, 1834-1914'; 'Child labour, technology and the composition of the cotton factory workforce'; 'Industrial relations and the paternalist compromise in Lancashire, 1850-1900'; 'Legal restrictions on child labour and the working class family'; 'Industrial relations, authority structures and the employment of half timers in Lancashire, 1850-1920'; 'Changes in the organization of work - the Americanization of production in Lancashire weaving, 1890-1920'; 'Production relations and technological change - automotive weaving and ring spinning in Lancashire, 1900-1930'; 'The stubborn half-timer - child labour practices and working class culture in Lancashire, 1890-1920'; 'A different development - Scotland, 1840-1910'; 'Two contrasting cases - Massachusetts and the US South'. No index