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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England provides a comprehensive exploration of labor and employment in England from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Through careful analysis of primary sources including diaries, letters, legal documents, and household accounts, the authors reconstruct how ordinary people experienced work across various occupations and social standings.
This volume challenges traditional narratives by highlighting the voices and perspectives of workers themselves, from agricultural laborers and domestic servants to skilled craftspeople and merchants. The contributors examine the changing nature of employment contracts, workplace relationships, economic mobility, and the cultural meanings attached to different types of labor.
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Economic History series, this book combines rigorous historical scholarship with accessible prose, making it essential reading for historians, scholars of economic history, and anyone interested in understanding pre-industrial working life and its lasting impacts on modern labor systems.
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