Labour and the Poor in England and Wales, 1849-1851: Lancashire, Cheshire, YorkshireJules Ginswick Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Appendix 1: Average Weekly Wages in Secondary Industry, England and Wales 1849-1851, by Industry -- Appendix 2: Average Weekly Wages in Secondary Industry, England and Wales 1849-1851, by Size of Wage, Sex, Trade, Location -- Select Bibliography: Great Britain 1750-1850 -- I LANCASHIRE -- Manchester -- Introduction -- Description of spinning and weaving factories -- the industrial process and wages -- the physical appearance of the factory workers -- The town and housing of Manchester -- the water supply of Manchester -- Some Conclusions -- The family in the cotton districts -- A rural factory in the village of Egerton (Messrs Ashworth) -- Calico Printing -- Social effects of the manufacturing system -- Sanitary condition of Manchester and the cotton spinning district -- Narcotics and infant mortality -- further data on the use of narcotics -- The general, moral, and educational condition of the Manchester operatives -- educational facilities -- cheap literature -- workhouse education -- the Sunday School system in Manchester -- The low lodging houses in Manchester -- The Irish in Manchester -- Food Supplies -- Amusements in Manchester -- Bolton -- Ashton under Lyne -- Introduction -- The housing of cotton hand loom weavers -- Wages in mills -- Oldham -- Introduction -- Manufactures of Oldham -- Hand loom weavers -- The Irish -- Middleton -- Introduction -- The condition of the silk weavers -- The Ten Hours Bill in Lancashire -- II CHESHIRE -- Macclesfield -- Introduction -- The silk mills -- The domestic weaver -- The Macclesfield Mechanics Institute -- III YORKSHIRE -- Saddleworth -- Introduction -- The woollen cloth manufacture -- Description of a woollen mill -- Housing of the working man |
