Title: Family structure in the Staffordshire Potteries, 1840-1880 /
Authors: Dupree, Marguerite.
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Families England Potteries History; Ceramic industries England Potteries History; Industrial revolution England Potteries History; Ceramics history; Family Characteristics history; Families England Stoke-on-Trent History; Industrial revolution England Stoke-on-Trent History; Ceramic industries England Stoke-on-Trent History
Abstract: Using the Staffordshire potteries as a case study, this volume analyzes how people both create and adapt to the process of industrialization. Its exploration of family relationships in the context of the workplace and of the local community offers insights for social historians.
Contents: 1. The Geographical, Economic, and Social Background -- 2. Households and Families -- 3. Work and Family Patterns -- 4. Firm, Family, and Community: Wedgwoods and Etruria -- 5. Families, Employers and the Origins of the Factory Acts Extension -- 6. The Impact of the Extended Factory Acts on Families -- 7. Alternative Sources of Assistance? -- 8. Solving Problems: Families and Others -- Census-Taking in the Potteries -- Census Enumerators' Books Analysis: Procedure -- Calculating Family Standards of Living: Procedure -- Marriage Register Analysis: Materials and Method.