The Skilled Compositor, 1850–1914

An Aristocrat Among Working Men

Patrick Duffy, Professor Derek H. Aldcroft

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English

Routledge
28 December 2000

Typography & lettering; Social & cultural history; Sociology: work & labour; Economic history; Printing, packaging & reprographic industry

Series: Modern Economic and Social History

For the first time since its invention, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas. The advent of digital technology has rendered the craft of hand setting metal type obsolete - the days of the skilled compositor are at an end. This work sets out to examine the experiences of the skilled compositor in the period 1850 to 1914. Focusing primarily on the workplace and the workplace institutions, it aims to explore issues of control, co-operation and conflict in order to determine if the compositor did, as many labour historians claim, belong to an aristocracy of labour.

By: Patrick Duffy
Series edited by: Professor Derek H. Aldcroft
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 160mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9780754602552
ISBN 10: 0754602559
Series: Modern Economic and Social History
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 28 December 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick Duffy, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Reviews for The Skilled Compositor, 1850–1914: An Aristocrat Among Working Men

'Duffy has produced a book of painstaking research, with a remarkable breadth, combining business, labour and social history in fine style.' Business History '... a very useful and convincing study. Both compositors and historians have been well-served.' Albion '... whatever your specialty, you have several good reasons to read Patrick Duffy's study of nineteenth-century compositors... an exceptionally detailed empirical study...' Victorian Studies 'A welcome study of the economic and social identity of British compositors in the second half of the nineteenth century, Duffy's book provides a detailed and sympathetic survey of the workplace experiences of this segment of the printing industry.' Journal of the Printing Historical Society