Occupation and Society: The East Anglian Fishermen 1880-1914

by Trevor Lummis

This book is a study of the effect of occupation on industrial behaviour and how occupation affects social, community and family life. The fishing industry was one of the last to experience the Industrial Revolution. In East Anglia, steam propulsion was introduced within the working life of the oldest of those interviewed for this book, and a number of radical changes in working practices, capital cost and technical development were concentrated into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521521254
• ISBN13: 9780521521253
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"