Victorian Clerks
Author: Gregory Anderson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780719006531
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Victorian Britain
Author: Sally Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 0415668514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.
London Clerical Workers, 1880–1914
Author: Michael Heller
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1317323718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study is based on a wide range of business sources as well as newspapers, journals, novels and oral history, allowing Heller to put forward a new interpretation of working conditions for London clerks, highlighting the ways in which clerical work changed and modernized over this period.
Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Sally Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-06
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 1136716173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.
The Victorian Novel, Service Work, and the Nineteenth-Century Economy
Author: Joshua Gooch
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-08-13
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1137525517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a much-needed study of the Victorian novel's role in representing and shaping the service sector's emergence. Arguing that prior accounts of the novel's relation to the rise of finance have missed the emergence of a wider service sector, it traces the effects of service work's many forms and class positions in the Victorian novel.
The Rise of the Office Clerk in Literary Culture, 1880-1939
Author: J. Wild
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-01-17
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 0230514669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley.
The Home Office, 1848-1914, from Clerks to Bureaucrats
Author: Jill Pellew
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780838631652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the changing social and educational backgrounds functions of the British civil servant, especially after the reforms following the Northcote-Trevelyan report. Considers the structure of the department and the Home Office's alleged failure to effectively respond to contemporary social and political needs.
The Age of Urban Democracy
Author: Donald Read
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-17
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 1317895916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ambitious survey covers all aspects of the period in which English society acquired its modern shape -- industrial rather than agricultural, urban rather than rural, democratic in its institutions, and middle class rather than aristocratic in the control of political power. For this revised edition the footnotes and bibliography have been fully updated, and the entire text has been reset in a larger and more attractive format. An ideal introduction to the subject, it masters a huge amount of material through its clear structure, sensible judgements and approachable style.
A History of the County Court, 1846–1971
Author: Patrick Polden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-11-04
Total Pages: 427
ISBN-13: 1139431269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1999 book was the first full-length account of the county court, which in contemporary English life has become the main forum for most civil disputes. It began as the 'poor man's court', largely concerned with the pursuit of working-class debtors; but, as this book shows, it has expanded far beyond its origins as an agency `for the more easy recovery of small debts' and now includes in its jurisdiction a diverse range of matters, including housing, accidents and consumer goods. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author traces the history of the county court from its creation in 1846 through to the reconstruction of the court system in 1971. He describes its organisation and officers, from judges to bailiffs, and discusses the roles of judges, practising lawyers and lay persons. The text is an intriguing engagement with themes including access to justice.
