The Urban and Rural Labour Force

Agenda Theme 7

7.1: Can we shed further light upon the interactions between pre-factory industrial and agricultural settlements and the impacts upon these communities of the growth of factory production?

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7.10: What impact did the spiralling food demands of a growing industrial population have upon the agrarian economy, workforce and infrastructure (including seasonal patterns of employment and the development of the Strutt family’s model farms)?

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7.2: Can we identify the range of employment opportunities for local and migrant workers in industries other than textile production and characterise more closely these industries?

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7.3: Can we identify more closely the sources of migrant workers and their social and economic status?

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7.4: What was the gender and age balance among factory workers, how did gender and age impact upon workers’ roles in the mills and other industrial installations, and how did this balance change over time?

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7.5: How did industrialisation, and in particular male and female role divisions in the factory-based production system, impact upon family structure, and especially the relationships between parents and children?

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7.6: How did Nonconformism, trade unionism, patronage, Luddism and other social and political developments impact upon the labour force?

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7.7: How were the educational, spiritual, recreational and welfare needs of children and adults accommodated, how did these evolve and how did factory owners exercise control?

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7.8: What were the impacts of factory work upon the health of the workforce?

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7.9: How may the move from a rural to an industrial society have impacted upon folk culture, as manifested for example in music and dance?

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