Donald Woodward

Poverty and policy in Tudor and Stuart England

Paul Slacks book demonstrates the extent to which the poor in England has been formally provided for by the end of the period: the scale of the English welfare apparatus that had been firmly established by 1700 had no parallel in the rest of Europe. This book explains how this unique achievement came about.

Men at work : labourers and building craftsmen in the towns of northern England, 1450-1750

1. Introduction 2. Building craftsmen at work 3. The life-cycle of building craftsmen 4. Labourers 5. Conditions of work for labourers and building craftsmen 6. Wage rates in the northern towns 7. Towards an understanding of living standards Appendices Bibliography Index.

The Making of an Industrial Society: Whickham, 1560-1765.

This is the first intensive study of an industrial community in early modern England. Whickham, a village built on an underground mountain of coal in north-east England, was arguably Britains first modern industrial society. David Levine and Keith Wrightson employ the latest techniques of socio-historical research and make full use of a wide variety of contemporary sources to explore many aspects of life in Whickham between 1560 and 1765. They bring together vital strands - including industrial development, agrarian change, social stratification, demography, religion, work, leisure, living standards, kinship and the family - to produce a rounded and vivid picture, which throws into relief the achievements, benefits, and costs of the complex process of industrialization. The development of Whickham is set in the larger context of socio-economic change during this period. This is a major contribution to the history of early modern England.