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9781911204497

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It is a remarkable and original first book, outstanding in its subtlety of perception, its documentary range and its many-sidedness of approach. - Times Literary Supplement.; A major work of synthesis and interpretation, based on extensive research and industrial Lancashire in the West Riding in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is a superb example of the new social history. - Journal of Modern History.; His results challenge many old and new orthodoxies... The freshness of insight on almost every page is both daunting and invigorating. - Times Educational Supplement

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The author is Honorary Professor of History, University of Edinburgh, and Emeritus Professor of History, University of Manchester. He has also served in visiting Professorships in history and sociology, including at the University of California, Berkeley and San Diego; the London School of Economics; and the European University Institute in Florence.

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