Hannah Barker
I am a historian of industrial revolution England, and the north of England in particular. My recent research has concentrated on issues of gender and work in towns and I have assessed the impact of industrialisation on women's employment, and specifically the degree to which the advent of modern capitalism marginalised women workers.
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Forgers and shopkeepers: in memory of Sarah Green
17 May 2021
Sarah Green In 2000 I moved from Keele University to the University of Manchester. Not long after that I met Sarah Green, a PhD student who had been supervised by James Vernon before...
Family and Business During the Industrial Revolution
19 October 2019
My latest book, Family and Business During the Industrial Revolution is now available for free on Open Access: http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=1001049;keyword=family%20and%20business...
Historical Guide to the Apprentice House, Quarry Bank
19 October 2019
Hannah Barker, University of Manchester (2017) The Apprentice system at Quarry Bank The Apprentice House was built to house the Mill’s indentured child workers, known as...
Historical Guide to Styal Village and 13 Oak Cottages, Quarry Bank
19 October 2019
Hannah Barker, University of Manchester (2017) Housing the workers Though Styal is only 11 miles from Manchester, transport was so slow in the late 1700s that it would have been considered...