The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
BA dissertations
The research programme offers rich opportunities to BA students. Eight BA dissertations have been undertaken on the project as part of the History Tripos and one as part of the Economics Tripos. A high percentage of these have been awarded first class marks. A list of dissertations can be found below. Thus far seven of these dissertations have focussed on occupational structure and all eight have been on England and Wales. Some are local, regional or county studies, others take a thematic approach. Most of these have made use of pre-existing data created by the Occupational Structure of Britain as well as creating new data to put alongside the pre-existing data. Prospective BA students are advised to contact Amy Erickson on Leigh Shaw-Taylor.
8. Auriane Terki-Mignot - Changing Patterns of Female Employment in Westmorland, 1787-1851
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7. James Wells - The male occupational structure of Kent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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6. Lanxi Tu
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5. Ibrahim Yate - The male occupational structure of the London parish of Stepney, St. Dunstan, from 1610 to 1881
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4. Ellen Potter
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3. Lucy Walker - The economic development of Sussex c.1700-1881
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2. Niraj Modha - The male occupational geography of Middlesex in the nineteenth century
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1. Matthew Ward - The Economic Development of a County Town during the Industrial Revolution: Aylesbury, 1700 - c.1850