ISSN:
0963-9268
Quelle:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Thema:
Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Vermessung
,
Geschichte
,
Sociologie
Notizen:
Urban historians are much concerned with the need to study their towns from the perspective of social class and socio-spatial segregation, especially in periods of rapid industrialization. The models of such scholars as Engels, Sjöberg, Burgess, Hoyt and others are predicated on the possibility of identifying clearly the members of defined social classes. The manuscript census enumerators' books (CEBs) are one of the basic sources used for Victorian Britain (1841–81), but it is no simple matter to attribute the occupational descriptions found in them to a range of social classes. Problems occur at two levels: those associated with the conceptual validity of systems of class distinction, and those encountered in attributing occupations within such systems. As this article shows, there is also a degree of interaction between the two levels since it is useless to pursue concepts that cannot be systematically and straightforwardly related to the information available.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963926800009184
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