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Oxford Historical Monographs: Time and Work in England 1750-1830 by Hans-Joachim
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199241945
ISBN-13
9780199241941
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1822295
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Time and Work in England 1750-1830
Publication Year
2001
Subject
Labor & Industrial Relations, Europe / Great Britain / General, Labor
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
Oxford Historical Monographs
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2001-267904
Reviews
Should be read by anyone interested in the history of time use, the industrial revolution, and the uses (and limits) of econometric history ... Voth proceeds to construct one of the most impressive bodies of historical data ever seen., Voth builds up a fascinating picture of changing work and leisure patterns in the second half of the eighteenth century ... we must admire the imagination and rigour demonstrated in the research behind this book., Hans-Joachim Voth's Time and Work contains important and impressive quantitive research into a crucial dimension of social change in eighteenth-century England. It demonstrates an imaginative use of familiar sources to make an invaluable contribution to one of the great debates in the historiography of industrialization., This is a fine book. Innovative, insightful, awesomely efficient, it encompasses both small detail and big picture. It will surely be one of the most influential books ever written both on the industrial revolution and on the issue of time use ... probably a masterpiece of econometric history., 'Original and useful ideas are infrequent in economics or in history. Most of us have to make do by appropriating from others and repackaging. But this book develops an idea that is both novel and ingenious. The author deserves much praise.'Gregory Clark, Journal of Economic History, Time and Work in England 1750-1830 brings both new evidence and a new approach to this celebrated issue., 'This is a stimulating and challenging new study that will do much to reshape our understanding of the industrial revolution.'J.M., Contemporary Review, March 2001., 'Voth's book lends powerful support to the new view of the industrial revolution.'Jane Humphries, EH.NET
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
331.25/7/0942
Table Of Content
1. Time and the Industrial Revolution2. Method3. Patterns of Time Use 1750-18304. Causes and Consequences5. Comparisons and Conclusion
Synopsis
Did working hours in England increase as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Marx said so, and so did E. P. Thompson; but where was the evidence to support this belief? Literary sources are difficult to interpret, wage books are few and hardly representative, and clergymen writing about the sloth of their flock did little to validate their complaints.In this important and innovative study Hans-Joachim Voth for the first time provides rigorously analysed statistical data. He calls more than 2,800 witnesses to the bar of history to answer the question: 'what were you doing at the time of the crime?'. Using these court records, he is able to build six datasets for both rural and urban areas over the period 1750 to 1830 to reconstruct patterns of leisure and labour.Dr Voth is able to show that over this period England did indeed begin to work harder - much harder. By the 1830s, both London and the northern counties of England had experienced a considerable increase - about 20 per cent - in annual working hours. What drove the change was not longer hours per day, but the demise of 'St Monday' and a plethora of religious and political festivals., Did the Industrial Revolution bring about an increase in working hours? This is the first rigorous statistical analysis of patterns of labour and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hans-Joachim Voth uses court records to reconstruct time use in both rural and urban areas in this innovative and important study., Did working hours in England increase as a result of the Industrial Revolution? In this important study, Hans-Joachim Voth addresses this question using rigorously analyzed statistical data. Drawing on this research, Voth has created six datasets for both rural and urban areas over the period 1750 to 1830 to reconstruct patterns of leisure and labor., Did working hours in England increase as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Marx said so, and so did E. P. Thompson; but where was the evidence to support this belief? Literary sources are difficult to interpret, wage books are few and hardly representative, and clergymen writing about the sloth of their flock did little to validate their complaints. In this important and innovative study Hans-Joachim Voth for the first time provides rigorously analysed statistical data. He calls more than 2,800 witnesses to the bar of history to answer the question: 'what were you doing at the time of the crime?'. Using these court records, he is able to build six datasets for both rural and urban areas over the period 1750 to 1830 to reconstruct patterns of leisure and labour. Dr Voth is able to show that over this period England did indeed begin to work harder - much harder. By the 1830s, both London and the northern counties of England had experienced a considerable increase - about 20 per cent - in annual working hours. What drove the change was not longer hours per day, but the demise of 'St Monday' and a plethora of religious and political festivals.
LC Classification Number
HD5166.V66 2000
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