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Discipline and disorder in English prisons : aspects of policy and resistance 1840-1920 (1998)
Thesis
Brown, A. (1998). Discipline and disorder in English prisons : aspects of policy and resistance 1840-1920. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215283

This thesis is an historical examination of English prisons from 1840 to 1920 which approaches the complexity of this institution from the perspective of the disturbances which occurred within it. The primary aim is not to analyse the form and extent... Read More about Discipline and disorder in English prisons : aspects of policy and resistance 1840-1920.

The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866 (1997)
Thesis
Welsh, D. R. (1997). The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211410

Chapter 1 introduces the economy, society and politics of Hull in the nineteenth century, concentrating on the middle decades of the century. The characteristics of the old police system in the early 1830s are analysed in chapter 2, along with the pr... Read More about The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866.

Wool textile employers' organisations : Bradford c.1914-1945 (1991)
Thesis
Magrath, I. E. (1991). Wool textile employers' organisations : Bradford c.1914-1945. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216672

Few historians have written in any detailed form about the widespread development of employers' organisations which took place from the later decades of the nineteenth century, and formed the basis of those which exist in all British industries today... Read More about Wool textile employers' organisations : Bradford c.1914-1945.

The transformation of the small master economy in the boot and shoe industry 1887-1914 : with special reference to Northampton (1986)
Thesis
Brooker, K. B. (1986). The transformation of the small master economy in the boot and shoe industry 1887-1914 : with special reference to Northampton. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211693

The footwear industry is one of the important examples of late industrial transformation in nineteenth century  Britain. The aim here is to investigate shoe manufacturers' reactions to this period of structural and  organisational change. T... Read More about The transformation of the small master economy in the boot and shoe industry 1887-1914 : with special reference to Northampton.