6 The Flexibility of Apprenticeship

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. 1 Introduction
7. PART I Apprenticeship and Development
8. 2 The Rise and (Partial) Fall of Apprenticeship 19
9. 3 Diffusing Skill and Innovation 49
10. 4 Mobilising Labour 75
11. PART II A System of Training
12. 5 Apprenticeship as Learning 111
13. 6 The Flexibility of Apprenticeship 134
14. 7 Enforcing Apprenticeship 155
15. 8 Outcomes 188
16. PART III Apprenticeship and the Enemies of Opportunity
17. 9 Laws, Rules, and Barriers to Skill 221
18. 10 Exclusion in Practice? THE EFFECTS OF RULES ON APPRENTICESHIP 239
19. 11 Cultural Barriers 263
20. 12 Social Networks and the Search for Opportunity 279
21. 13 Conclusion 298
22. APPENDIX 1 Apprenticeship Registration Records 311
23. APPENDIX 2 Estimating the Number of Apprentices in London’s Guilds, 1500–1850 317
24. APPENDIX 3 Estimating the Incidence of Apprenticeship in England 329
25. APPENDIX 4 Guild Ordinances 335
26. APPENDIX 5 Social Origins of Apprentices in England 339
27. APPENDIX 6 Apprentice Migration and Family Background 343
28. APPENDIX 7 Reconstructing the Training Careers of Masters 347
29. APPENDIX 8 Identifying Apprentices as Freemen 353
30. NOTES 367
31. NOTES 405
32. INDEX 435
33. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 455