Time and Work in England during the Industrial Revolution

Did Working Hours Become Longer During The Industrial Revolution? Marx And Ep Thompson Said So But There Was No Way To Know. In This Book Hans-Joachim Voth Examines This Crucial Issue Using A Novel Set Of Sources - Court Records. Analysing Witness Accounts He Demonstrates That Working Hours Increased Markedly After 1750. The Key Reason Is Not That Hours Per Day Increased; Instead The Number Of Holidays Declined And Monday Became A Regular Working Day. . What The Reviews Had To Say:“…Novel And Ingenious” – Greg Clark Jeh“A Sherlock Holmes-Type Economic Historian” – Jane Humphries Eh.Net“…Contains Important And Impressive Quantitative Research … An Invaluable Contribution To One Of The Great Debates In The Historiography Of Industrialization.” – Jonathan White English History Review“…A Bold Original Intelligent And Important Book.” – Penelope Corfield Business History Review“…Probably A Masterpiece Of Econometric History” – Social History Society Bulletin. This Edition Is A Re-Issue Of The 2001 Book Time And Work In England 1750-1830 Published By Oup. It Is Based On A 1996 Oxford Thesis That Won The Eha Gerschenkron Dissertation Prize And The Ehes Gino Luzzatto Prize For Best Dissertation.