1845	"Aux classes laborieuses de Grande-Bretagne : Travailleurs, c'est à vous que je dédie un ouvrage où j'ai tenté de tracer à mes compatriotes allemands un tableau fidèle de vos conditions de vie, de vos peines et de vos luttes, de vos espoirs et de vos perspectives. (...)"

La situation de la classe laborieuse en Angleterre

Friedrich Engels

Liste des sources citées

Livres et brochures

ALISON , Sir Archibald : The Principles of Population (2 Vol., Edimbourg, 1840). Alison était « haut shériff » du Lancashire et Engels le cite en général sous le nom de « Sheriff Alison ».
ALISON , William Pulteney : Observations on the Management of the Poor in Scotland and its Effects on the Health of great Towns (Edimbourg, 1840).
BAINES , Edward, jun. : History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain (Londres, 1835).
CARLYLE , Thomas : C hartism (Londres, 1839); Past and Present (Londres, 1835).
CROCKER , J. W. : A Sketch of the State of Ireland, Past and Present (2° édit., Londres, 1808) publié anonymement.
DISRAELI , Benjamin : Sybil (Londres, 1845).
FAUCHER , Léon : Études sur l'Angleterre (2 Vol., Paris, 1845)

Engels utilisa ses articles de La Revue des Deux-Mondes qui forment la base de l'ouvrage de Faucher.

GASKELL , Peter : The Manufacturing Population of England (Londres, 1833).
KAY J. P. (plus tard KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH) : The Moral and Physical Conditions of the Working Classes employed in the Cotton Manufacture in Manchester (I° édit., 1832; 2e édit., 1832). Engels utilisa la seconde édition.
LEACH , James : Stubborn Facts from the Factories by a Manchester Operative, publié par W. Rashleigh, M. P. (Londres, 1844). Parut anonymement.
McCULLOCH , J. R. : A Statistical Account of the British Empire (Londres, 1837).
MALTHUS , T. R. : An Essay on the Principles of Population (Londres, 2e édit., 1803).
OASTLER , Richard : The Fleet Papers (4 vol., Londres, 1841-44)
PARKINSON , R. : On the Present Condition of the Labouring Poor in Manchester (Londres et Manchester, 3° édit., 1841)
PORTER , G. R. : The Progress of the Nation (3 vol., Londres, 1836-43).
SENIOR , Nassau William : Letters on the Factory Act (Londres, 1837).
SMITH , Adam : An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (édité par J. R. McCulloch, 4 vol., 1828).
STIRNER , Max Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum (Leipzig, 1845)
STRAUSS , D. F. Vie de Jésus (édit. allemande, 1835-36).
SYMONS , J. C. : Arts and Artisans at Home and Abroad (Edimbourg et Londres, 1839).
URE , Andrew : The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain (2 vol., Londres, 1835); The Philosophy of Manufactures (2° édit., Londres, 1837).
VAUGHAN , Robert : The Age of Great Cities (Londres, 1842)
WADE , John : History of the Middle and Working Classes (Londres, 3° édit. 1835).
WAKEFIELD , Edward Gibbon : Swing unmasked, or the Causes of Rural Incendiarism (Londres, 1831).

Journaux et périodiques

Artizan.
Durham Chronicle.
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical journal, vol. 14 (1818).
Halifax Guardian.
Illuminated Magazine.
Journal of the Statistical Society of London, vol. 2 (1839), 3 (1840) et 7 (1844)
Leeds Mercury.
Liverpool Mercury.
Manchester Guardian.
Miner's Advocate (Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
Mining journal.
Morning Chronicle.
Northern Star (Leeds).
North of England Medical and Surgical journal.
The Sun.
The Times.
Weekly Dispatch.

Publications officielles

1831-32. -Report of Select Committee on Factory Children's Labour .
1833 - Factories inquiry Commission; Report of the Central Board of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to collect Information in the Manufacturing Districts as to the Employment of Children in Factories . First Report, June 1833; second Report, July 1833. June 1833; second Report, July 1833.
1833. - Extracts from the Information received by His Majesty's Commissioners, as to the Administration and Operation of the Poor-Laws (1833).
1836. - Third Report of the Commissioners appointed or to Inquire into the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland, and into the various institutions at present established for their relief .
1842. - Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department from the Poor-Law Commissioners on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (by Edwin CHADWICK).
1842-43. - Report of Commission Inquiry into the Employment of Children and Young Persons in Mines and Collieries and in Trades and Manufactures in wich numbers of them work together . First Report 1842; second Report, 1843.
1843. - Reports of Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners on the Employment of Women and Children in Agriculture .
1844. - Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring into the state of Large Towns . First Report (2 vol., 1844).
1844. - Reports of the Inspectors of Factories... for the Hall Year ending December 31. 1843 (1844)