1. Writing trade-union history -- 2. Trends in trade-union development, 1825-75 -- 3. The origins and establishment of the Trades Union Congress -- 4. Trends in modern trade unionism -- 5. Early trade unionism in the printing industry -- 6. The London Society of Master Letter-Founders, 1793-1820 -- 7. The struggle for a free press -- 8. The ideology of early co-operation in Lancashire and Cheshir-- 9. Robert Blincoe and the early factory system.