Dr Dorothy Marshall covers a vital period in English social
development, during which the traditional social hierarchy of order
and degree was giving place to a class society marked by the growth
of a self-conscious working class. The author shows how, between
1776 and 1851, industrialization brought about major changes in the
structure of society, so that by 1851 the outlines of modern urban
and industrial society had been irrevocably drawn. She examines the
social implications of the Industrial Revolution, referring in
particular to the growth of urban society, the repercussions on the
rural community and the resulting alterations in the social
structure. She examines upper-, middle- and working-class opinions
on such topics as religion and education, and traces the effect of
the economic and social changes on the constitution and on
political life. In the final chapter Dr Marshall describes the way
in which the abuses of the new society brought about the demand for
parliamentary legislation to deal with the injustices of the Poor
Law, the factory system, and the problem of sanitation. This
fascinating book was first published in 1973.
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