Occupation and social stratification revisited: the census enumerators' books of Victorian Britain

Dennis,; Mills, Joan

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“…Mills and Mills have proposed an alternative classification of self-employed traders based on the assumption that, in the nineteenth century, there was conceptually less difference between employers and self-employed traders than between all the selfemployed and employees. 12 A consequence of this assumption is that both employers and the self-employed have the status of small entrepreneurs and both would be assigned to Class II of Armstrong's scheme. 13 Employed craftsmen and tradesmen would then be in Armstrong's Class III or IV.…”

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Changes in Rural Service Occupations during the Nineteenth Century: An Evaluation of Two Sources for Hertfordshire, England

Crompton¹

1995

Rural History

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Agricultural output per man had risen substantially in the early nineteenth century, partly as a result of greater specialisation. This, in turn, stimulated demand for those trades which served the entire rural community, such as the tailor, bootmaker, baker, butcher and shopkeeper, as craftsmen and tradesmen were increasingly called upon for goods and services, which were formerly provided by members of the household. Demand for traditional services to agriculture, from figures such as the wheelwright and the blacksmith, was also sustained. But in contrast to the situation in agriculture, there appears to have been no increase in productivity in the rural crafts and trades. As a result of growing demand for these services, rural craftsmen and tradesmen increased in numbers and became more specialised in occupation during the first part of the nineteenth century.

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Changes in Rural Service Occupations during the Nineteenth Century: An Evaluation of Two Sources for Hertfordshire, England

Crompton¹

1995

Rural History

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Lifestyle, status and occupational differentiation in Victorian accountancy

Edwards

Walker

2010

Accounting, Organizations and Society

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New insights are offered to the professionalization of accountants in Britain circa 1881 by examining the private foundations of occupational status and identity as manifested by domestic arrangements and residence patterns. Drawing on literature pertaining to the relationship between consumption and socio-cultural differentiation the study deploys empirical evidence from the British census to analyse status identifiers such as servant keeping, household location and neighbourhood structures. These aspects of lifestyle are taken as signifying practices of middle class affiliation and narratives of the social identification of professional accountants. The extent to which accountants achieved status through consumption practices is illustrated by comparisons with a range of other occupational groups and social classes in Victorian Britain. Abbott, A. (1988).

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Accountants in the British Census

Edwards

Walker

2007

Accounting Historians Journal

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Published reports on censuses of population and the surviving enumeration books on which they were based are key sources for accounting historians. The increasing availability of electronic versions of census enumeration books (CEBs) for Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. offers opportunities for better understanding the history of occupations concerned with the performance of accounting functions. However, census reports and original census documents must be interpreted critically. The paper reports on a study of accountants appearing in the transcribed version of the British CEBs for 1881. It is shown how the published census underreported the number of accountants in Britain and suggests that there are potential inconsistencies in the manner in which accountants were counted. While accounting historians may rely on the high level of accuracy in transcribed versions of the CEBs, transcription errors have been discovered in relation to female accountants, those pursuing occupations spelt in ways closely resembling “accountant,” and individuals possessing complex occupational titles. Caution in respect of entries relating to accountant clerks is also suggested.

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Occupation and social stratification revisited: the census enumerators' books of Victorian Britain

Cited by 3 publications

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Changes in Rural Service Occupations during the Nineteenth Century: An Evaluation of Two Sources for Hertfordshire, England

Changes in Rural Service Occupations during the Nineteenth Century: An Evaluation of Two Sources for Hertfordshire, England

Lifestyle, status and occupational differentiation in Victorian accountancy

Accountants in the British Census

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