Levels of employment, wage rates, welfare relief, sexual divisions of labor, apprenticeship patterns and seasonal economic fluctuations are included in this rea

What kinds of jobs did children do in the past, and how widespread was their employment? Why did so many poor families put their children to work? How did the s

The work of women is recognised as having been fundamental to the industrialization of Britain. These studies explore how that work was remunerated, in studies

Reveals the stories of girls making their way as apprentices in 17th-century London, through arguments, thefts, profits, and paperwork.

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 The first social and cultural history of vagrancy between 1650 and 1750, this book combines sources from across England a