''Radical saints of Shelton'. The Ridgway family, Methodist pottery manufacturers' in D J Jeremy (ed), Business and Religion in Britain

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  • Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
  • Name Social responsibility, social control & philanthropy
  • Name Business & politics inc lobbying

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Deals with the Ridgway family - heavily involved in business, methodism [New Connexion] and public life - in a case study of the interrelationship of their business activity and religious commitment over two generations, especially touching on employee working conditions, etc. Has sections: 'Job and George Ridgway. The pioneering generation'; 'The New Connexion influence'; 'John and William Ridgway - operating plant 1801-58'; 'Terms of employment and the pottery industry'; 'Terms of employment - truck, allowances and butlyship'; 'Mechanization'; 'Pots and politics'; 'Philanthropy and social leadership'. Includes a Ridgway family tree