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Skill and the English Working Class, 18701914Author(s): Charles More\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041192633, 978-1041192633\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1980, Skill and the English Working Class, [tel] investigates the nature of work and the significance of skill in industrial manual labour during late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. The book places particular emphasis on apprenticeship while also examining industries like steelmaking, which required skill but did not employ apprentices. Additionally, it investigates the role of technical education in shaping the workforce during this period.\n\nTraditionally, labour history has focused on the organization of work and offered only a limited perspective on the division between skilled and unskilled labour. By concentrating on skill and its acquisition, this volume broadens the understanding of labour relations in the late nineteenth century a.