Contents: Introduction; Crewe Railway Town: A railway town - growth and emerging social structure; Company and People - at the Works: The history of Crewe Railway Works and its workforce; Managerial strategies; Worker responses; Skill and the labour process in Crewe Works; Company and People - Paternalism and Politics in the Town: The culture and politics of nonconformity; The politics of a railway town; Paternalism and politics; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Diane K. Drummond, University of Birmingham, UK
'a detailed yet perceptive contribution to understanding industrial relations and working-class politics in Victorian Britain.' Labour/le Travail 'This study of ’influence politics’ is thoroughly researched [and] written very clearly...worth every penny.' Labour History Review, Vol. 61, no. 1
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