Labour's Apprentices —— Working-Class Lads in Late Victorian and Edwardian England

----- 劳工学徒：维多利亚时代晚期和爱德华时代的英格兰工人阶级小伙子

ISBN: 9781852851033 出版年：1992 页码：248 Michael Childs Bloomsbury Publishing

Childs discusses working-class family life and considers the changes that becoming a wage earner and a contributor to the family economy made to a youth's status within the home. He explores the significance of publicly provided education for the working class and analyses the labour market for young males, focusing on apprenticeship, future job prospects, trade unions, and wage levels. Childs investigates the patterns of labour available to boys at that time, including street selling, half-time labour, and apprenticed versus "free" labour, arguing that these were major factors in the creation of a semi-skilled adult work force. Turning to leisure activities among working-class youths, Childs looks at street culture, commercial entertainments, and youth groups and movements and finds that each influenced the emergence of a more cohesive and class-conscious working class.