Social mobility in nineteenth and early twentieth century England

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Exploring the Land of Boundless Opportunity -- The issue of mobility -- Social mobility in contemporary Britain -- Perspectives on the British past -- Historical social mobility in comparative perspective -- The relics of mobility -- Coding the past -- 2. Social Mobility and Class Formation -- Origins and destinations, 1839-1914 -- Trends in class mobility -- Mobility in context -- Conclusion -- 3. Industrialisation and Social Fluidity -- A land of boundless opportunity? -- Structural change and the pattern of mobility -- Trends in social fluidity -- Fluidity in context -- Structure and fluidity -- Facilitators of fluidity -- Conclusion -- 4. Occupations, Classes and Mobility -- Occupational identity -- Occupational succession -- Pathways and prospects -- Novelty and obsolescence -- Conclusion -- 5. Career Mobility -- Occupational maturity -- Age and mobility -- Age and time -- Work-life mobility -- The emergence of the bureaucratic career -- Conclusion -- 6. Mechanisms and Meanings of Mobility -- Joining the labour market -- Getting on -- Leaving the working class -- Bowing out -- Taking stock -- Conclusion -- 7. Marriage Markets and Women's Role in Social Mobility -- Women and social mobility -- Women's marital mobility, 1839-1914 -- Men's marital mobility -- Marriage and family interaction -- Conclusion -- 8. Social Mobility and Class Structure in Historical Perspective -- The pattern of ninteenth-century mobility -- From consistent trend to constant flux -- Class formation and social change -- Appendix 1 The Social Classification Scheme -- Appendix 2 Class Outflow and Inflow Rates of Selected Occupational Groups.