Does anyone out there know of anyone who has written
extensively on the 1831 Census and in particular the
schema used to classify occupations? This is clearly based
on mode of production - resulting for example in potters
being classified, correctly, as factory workers in Stoke
but as handicraft workers, correctly, in most other places.
I've found several references to the 1831 census in the
works of D.V.Glass but little else.
A search on the web reveals examples of surviving CEBs from
that census (thanks to those who replied to my earlier
email) but nothing on the accuracy of the returns and
little on why the question was framed as it was.
David
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David Alan Gatley (Dr),
School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Staffordshire University,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 2XW
Telephone 01782-294780 (Office)
01782-415340 (Home)
Fax 01782-294760
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/sociology
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