Labour's apprentices : working-class lads in late Victorian and Edwardian England

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Labour's apprentices : working-class lads in late Victorian and Edwardian England

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working-class lads in late Victorian and Edwardian England

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Michael J. Childs

Creator

• Childs, Michael James, 1956-

Subject

• England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• Working Class -- Great Britain
• Working class -- England -- History -- 19th century
• Working class -- England -- History -- 20th century
• Youth -- Employment
• Youth -- England -- History -- 19th century
• Youth -- England -- History -- 20th century
• Youth -- Great Britain
• England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Language

eng

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• Canadian electronic library, Books collection

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CaOONL

LC call number

HD6276.G72

LC item number

E543 1992eb

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Childs discusses working-class family life and considers the changes that becoming a wage earner and a contributor to the family economy made to a youth's status within the home. He explores the significance of publicly provided education for the working class and analyses the labour market for young males, focusing on apprenticeship, future job prospects, trade unions, and wage levels. Childs investigates the patterns of labour available to boys at that time, including street selling, half-time labour, and apprenticed versus "free" labour, arguing that these were major factors in the creation of a semi-skilled adult work force. Turning to leisure activities among working-class youths, Childs looks at street culture, commercial entertainments, and youth groups and movements and finds that each influenced the emergence of a more cohesive and class-conscious working class