Politics and Production in the Early Nineteenth Century
Published on 21. November 2025
286 pages
978-1-040-55175-2 (ISBN)
Description
Politics and Production in the Early Nineteenth Century (1990) breaks new ground in understanding the culture of the workplace. It addresses debates in social history concerning the nature of the labour process under early capitalism and the language of politics, and it draws these debates together in a compelling way. It challenges the standard interpretation of the social relations of production in the workshop sector. Conflict over work reorganization involved very particular constructions of the social world by both employers and workforce. It argues that the social, economic and political facets of these constructs are not separable. By analysing the rhetoric of justification offered by those attempting to formulate economic change, and by those challenging their efforts in the workplace, it casts new light on the context within which different notions of political representation evolved in Britain.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
15,86 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-55175-2 (9781040551752)
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approx. 11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€132.50
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Content
1. Industrialisation and the Transformation of the Small Producer 2. Politics and Small-scale Production 3. 'The Worst of Democracies': the Internal Life of the Workplace 4. 'Riding the Tiger': Middle-class and Working-class Radicalism in the Reform Bill Campaign 5. The Early Chartist Experience
