Nov 02 2005
The Making of English Working Class
1. Energy:
Owenite Propoganda p191, http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture23a.html
Ten Hours Movement p191 http://www.berwickacademy.org/millgirls/ten_hour.htm 130 ft scroll of signatures
Chartism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism: universal suffrage, equal representation. vs. Reform Act, property requirement for MP. Gentry class vs working class.
Richard Carlile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carlile. Universal suffrage. Shopman served 200 years in prison
Old labor force vs. new: who is the eldest, continuity, same communities, ideas, etc. p193
Why class not classes: common feelings, etc. p195