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The making of an industrial society : Whickham, 1560-1765 /

A study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in north-east England, was arguably Britain's first modern industrial society. The authors make use of contemporary sources to explore many aspects of life in Whickham.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, David, 1946-
Other Authors: Wrightson, Keith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Series:Oxford studies in social history.
Subjects:
Whickham (England) > Economic conditions.
Whickham (England) > Social conditions.
Industries > England > Whickham > History.
Industrie > Angleterre > Whickham > Histoire.
Whickham (Angleterre) > Conditions économiques.
Whickham (Angleterre) > Conditions sociales.
Economic history
Industries
Social conditions
England > Whickham
Industrialisatie.
Sociale ontwikkeling.
Social conditions > History
Economic conditions > History
Tyne and Wear (England)
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in north-east England, was arguably Britain's first modern industrial society. The authors make use of contemporary sources to explore many aspects of life in Whickham.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 456 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index.
ISBN:9780191674761
0191674761