‘Gall and wormwood’ – The Compositors’ Chronicle (1840–43) as Collaborative Journal by Françoise Baillet

“…Like many early Victorian trade societies, the London Union of Compositors was strongly influenced by the various movements ‘for the improvement of the moral and social condition of the working classes’ and in the pages of the Chronicle, utilitarian connections were apparent, in particular through the journal’s treatment of social subjects. …”
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Covoiturage au Grand-Nokoué et plateformes numériques de mobilité partagée en Afrique de l'Ouest by Raynald Ballo

“…Data from an immersion in the field reveals three major factors: a more flexible relationship to time without a culture of rigorous planning, out of step with the rational logic of platforms; a deeply rooted community conception of travel based on social proximity, contrary to sharing with strangers; a sense of insecurity towards outsiders and a primacy of individual comfort, contrary to the spirit of carpooling. The working classes, versed in ancestral practices of mutual aid in transport, could play a key role in the sustainable territorial anchoring of the new services. …”
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Child Abandonment in 19th Century Lisbon: The Provenance and Distribution of Foundlings Through a GIS Lens by Joana Vieira Paulino

“…We conclude that most foundlings came from Lisbon and, in later years, from those Lisbon parishes hosting the popular and working classes, and later preferably distributed to wet nurses living in the countryside, thereby achieving the institution’s goals. …”
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