 | Labour''s Apprentices: Working-Class Lads in Late Victorian and Edwardian England Subjects: Youth -- England -- History -- 19th century; Working class -- England -- History -- 19th century; Youth -- England -- History -- 20th century; Working class -- England -- History -- 20th century; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; England; The three decades before World War I witnessed significant changes in the work life, home life, and social life of adolescent English males. In Labour's Apprentices Michael Childs suggests that the study of such age-specific experiences provides vital clues to the evolving structure and fortunes of the working class as a whole, and helps to explain subsequent developments in English history. |
