reading suggestions

Here are a few books available at Cergy's Library and I suppose that they can be useful.

Nineteenth century Britain. Jeremy Black

The Pelican history of England : 1815-1914 , David Thomson . 8 . England in the nineteenth century (use the index to find references to the trade-unions)

Histoire du syndicalisme dans le monde : des origines à nos jours , sous la dir. de Jean Sagnes

L'invention des syndicalismes : le syndicalisme en Europe occidentale à la fin du XIXe siècle , sous la dir. de Jean-Louis Robert, Friedhelm Boll, Antoine Prost ; postf. de Jacques Delors

You may also want to use a book on British history or on the history of the 19th century or on Victorian Britain.

Websites you may want to check out :
union history website.

wikipedia and encarta also provide for encyclopedia entries for trade-unions. Use these sources carefully and remember to think for yourselves as you construct your answer to the essay question.