Learning on the Store Floor, Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship or trade training is a subject of vibrant debate. Economic historians tend to see apprenticeship as a simply financial phenomenon, as an ‘insufficient agreement’ in need of legal and institutional enforcement systems. The authors convincingly show that research on apprenticeship and learning on the shop floor is thoroughly associated with migration patterns, family economy and family methods, gender perspectives, urban identities and basic instructional and pedagogical contexts.

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