The Penny Capitalists: A Study of Nineteenth Century Working-Class Entrepreneurs

By John Benson

This work examines the virtually ignored subject of working-class enterpreneurial activity during the 19th and early 20th centuries. By using a wide variety of oral and other evidence, the author shows that, far from being destroyed by urban industrial development, penny capitalism remained a widespread and vital part of working-day life. He shows that the survival of penny capitalism has major implications for the understanding of some of the most important issues under discussion in labour and social history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813510112
• ISBN13: 9780813510118
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.