Victorian Working Class

<p>In 1849 the <i>Morning Chronicle</i> a leading Victorian newspaper embarked on a social investigation of working class life in England and Wales. Set in the immediate context of concern over Chartism and the cholera epidemic its intention was to provide a full and detailed description of the moral intellectual material and physical condition of the industrial poor. </p><p>First published in 1973 this book reflects through the survey the highly complex nature of nineteenth-century social structure throughout England and South Wales covering descriptions of contrasting political orientations work and leisure patterns sex and family education and religion. In doing so it provides a classic introduction to the social structures of the working class during the nineteenth century. </p><p>This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian history and sociology. </p>