Apprenticeship In England, 1600-1914

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
1. Characteristics of Apprenticeship in England......Page 23
2. The Choice of a Career......Page 44
3. Education and Training......Page 72
4. Pauper and Charity Apprenticeships......Page 86
5. Work and Leisure......Page 99
6. The Service Industries and the Professions......Page 118
7. The Production Industries......Page 135
8. The Textile Industries......Page 162
9. Unsatisfactory Apprentices......Page 178
10. Harsh and Criminal Masters......Page 201
11. Apprentices at the End of the Term......Page 215
12. The Decline of Apprenticeship......Page 226
Appendix 1: The Main Clauses in Apprenticeship Indentures......Page 234
Appendix 2: Trade Initiation Ceremonies for Apprentices......Page 237
Appendix 3: Advertisements for the Return of Runaways......Page 239
Appendix 4: Indenturing a Pauper Child, 1679......Page 241
Notes......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 275
Index of Names and Places......Page 283
Index of Subjects......Page 301