Marc W. Steinberg is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Smith College.
Tables
ix
(2)
Preface
xi
(6)
Abbreviations
xvii
PRELIMINARIES
1
(48)
Introduction: Theoretical and Historiographical Considerations
1
(22)
1 Patterns of English Labor Contention in the Early Nineteenth Century
23
(13)
2 A Tale of Two Areas
36
(13)
SPITALFIELDS
49
(80)
3 The Silk Trade: Memory, Market, and Means of Production
49
(18)
4 Local Political Culture: From Reciprocity to Hegemony
67
(20)
5 The Repeal of the Spitalfields Acts
87
(14)
6 Post-Repeal Collective Actions: Battling the Hydra of Degradation
101
(28)
ASHTON-STALYBRIDGE
129
(100)
7 King Cotton: Markets, Mills, and Mechanics
129
(22)
8 Class Structure, Class Cultures, and Social Lives
151
(16)
9 Local Political Culture: The Stranglehold of Wealth
167
(20)
10 The Vitriol of Conflict
187
(19)
11 Class War: The Spinners' Strikes of 1830-1831
206
(23)
CONCLUSION
229
(14)
12 Class Formation, Collective Action, and the Role of Discourse
229
(14)
Appendix 1. Spitalfields weavers' collective actions, c. 1825-1831
243
(4)
Appendix 2. Ashton and Stalybridge spinners' co11ective actions, April 1830-January 1831
247
(2)
References
249
(28)
Index
277
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