Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, maps and figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Political practices and the social structure
- 2 The diversity of working-class politics
- 3 The local bases of practical politics
- 4 Labour market structure in Preston, 1880–1940
- 5 Urban structure and associational practices
- 6 The emergence of independent Labour politics, 1880–1914
- 7 The transformation of the Labour party, 1914–40
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- A Employment change in Preston, 1891–1951
- B The 1881 Census Enumerators' returns for Preston
- C Parliamentary election results in Preston, 1880–1946
- D Local election results in Preston, 1900–38
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
B - The 1881 Census Enumerators' returns for Preston
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, maps and figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Political practices and the social structure
- 2 The diversity of working-class politics
- 3 The local bases of practical politics
- 4 Labour market structure in Preston, 1880–1940
- 5 Urban structure and associational practices
- 6 The emergence of independent Labour politics, 1880–1914
- 7 The transformation of the Labour party, 1914–40
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- A Employment change in Preston, 1891–1951
- B The 1881 Census Enumerators' returns for Preston
- C Parliamentary election results in Preston, 1880–1946
- D Local election results in Preston, 1900–38
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
I chose to examine three distinct areas in toto, rather than to carry out a sample survey of every tenth house, because I felt that the latter procedure would average out neighbourhood differences within Preston into a meaningless set of figures. The three areas were chosen because they seemed the most distinctive, or extreme, examples of Preston neighbourhoods. The three areas are Marsh Lane, near the main engineering centres and the railway station, and so having a fair abundance of male labour; the area near the Lancaster Canal where there were a number of major cotton mills; and Fishwick, to the east of Preston, where there was an important craft sector.Altogether 4,812 people were recorded, about 5% of Preston's population.
Map B.I shows the areas selected and Table B.I their basic social structure.
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- The Dynamics of Working-class PoliticsThe Labour Movement in Preston, 1880–1940, pp. 207 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988