ABSTRACT

The first text to examine the concept of trust and the role that it played on the Industrial Revolution, this book is a key resource for students studying nineteenth century British history as well as historically minded sociologists.Analytical in style and comprehensive in approach, Social Capital, Trust and the Industrial Revolution covers a ran

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

Middle-class trust

chapter 2|17 pages

Working-class and inter-class trust

chapter 3|18 pages

Formal networks

chapter 6|13 pages

Governments and trust

chapter 7|16 pages

The law and trust

chapter 8|19 pages

Kin, geographic and masculine trust

chapter 9|31 pages

Business trust

chapter 10|17 pages

Employer–employee trust