The Making of an Industrial Society: Whickham 1560-1765
David Levine and Keith Wrightson
Abstract
This is the first intensive study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in north-east England, was arguably Britain's first modern industrial society. The authors of this book employ the latest techniques of socio-historical research and make full use of a wide variety of contemporary sources to explore many aspects of life in Whickham between 1560 and 1765. They bring together vital strands – including industrial development, agrarian change, social stratification, demography, religion, work, leisure, living standards, ... More
Keywords: Whickham, industrial society, industrial development, agrarian change, social stratification, industrialization, socio-economic change, demography, religion, living standards, kinship
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1991 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198200666 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198200666.001.0001 |
