Labour, Anger, Modernity: Urban protests and the “under-bourgeois” classes in the Austrian monarchy, 1789–1847

Provider

Czech Science Foundation

Programme

Standard projects

Call for proposals

SGA0202600001

Main participants

Univerzita Karlova / Fakulta humanitních studií

Contest type

VS - Public tender

Contract ID

26-20852S

Project name in Czech

Labour, Anger, Modernity: Urban protests and the “under-bourgeois” classes in the Austrian monarchy, 1789–1847

Annotation in Czech

Modernity was not created only by entrepreneurs, inventors and their machines. It also rested on the labour of many people who left the traditional communities and wage labour became the centre of their lives. These people are usually not considered part of the urban middle classes; on the contrary, they were often at risk of falling into precarity. Still, they have articulated and defended their interests. We want to explore how they conceptualised their situation, even if they expressed themselves through action rather than writing. This project will focus on social interactions and conflicts of various dimensions in selected cities, involving journeymen, factory workers, and 'the mob'. From the underlying 'moral economy', the project inquires into the 'morals' in which the idea of work, fair wage and just existence were anchored. We want to find out how the people who worked for a wage strove to maintain or improve their condition in the urban space, while pursuing the hypothesis that they formed a specific non-elite public sphere as an alternative to the bourgeois society.

R&D category

ZV - Basic research

OECD FORD - main branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

OECD FORD - secondary branch

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OECD FORD - another secondary branch

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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

AB - History

Realization period - beginning

Jan 1, 2026

Realization period - end

Dec 31, 2028

Project status

Z - Beginning multi-year project

Latest support payment

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Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP26-GA0-GA-R

Data delivery date

May 19, 2026

Total approved costs

6,326 thou. CZK

Public financial support

6,326 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

0 thou. CZK