Canal boat people, 1840-1970

This thesis seeks to examine the social and economic standing of the men, women and children who lived and worked on the canal boats of England and Wales during the decline of canal carrying between 1840 and 1970. Its main purpose is to analyse how and why this social group, with its peculiarly ana...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freer, Wendy
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
English
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10946/