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Labour in British Society: 1830-1914. (Reviews of Books).
Albion, March, 2002 by Osborne, John W.
Donald M. MacRaild and David E. Martin. Labour in British Society 1830-1914. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp. xi, 214. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23313-2.
This compact book is part of the Social History in Perspective Series, which is designed to provide students with surveys of recent research on topics concerning British social, cultural, and religious history. MacRaild and Martin claim that class formation was the principal feature of British life between 1830 and 1914, that industrial capitalism brought workers "more burdens than blessings," and ...
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