This collection of essays is concerned with the impact of social and economic change upon the rural labouring poor and artisans in England, and combines an understanding of their social priorities with quantitative analysis. A significant resource is the use of settlement records.
These essays are concerned with the impact of social and economic change upon the rural labouring poor and artisans in England, and combines an understanding of their social priorities with innovative quantitative analysis. Annals of the Labouring Poor, first published in 1985, won the Royal Historical Society's Whitfield Prize for that year.
An ethnographic framework to describe the varying cultures of classrooms, teacher communities and student groups in different countries and educational contexts.