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Opening up the suburbs: workmen's trains in London 1860–1914


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Authors

ABERNETHY, SIMON T 

Abstract

jats:titleABSTRACT:</jats:title>jats:pThis article examines the role played by workmen's trains in allowing working-class families to move out into London's suburbs between 1860 and 1914. While previous scholarship has argued that these trains effectively only benefited skilled artisans or a working-class elite, it is argued here that from the 1880s onwards they were increasingly used by unskilled workers in irregular employment. Furthermore, they were also used by women and children earning low wages in subsidiary employment. Ultimately, it is demonstrated that a much broader spectrum of the working class were living in the suburbs and commuting than has been previously supposed.</jats:p>

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This is the accepted manuscript. The final version is available from CUP at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963926814000479

Keywords

33 Built Environment and Design, 3304 Urban and Regional Planning

Journal Title

Urban History

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Journal ISSN

0963-9268
1469-8706

Volume Title

42

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Sponsorship
ESRC