Bert De Munck is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where he teaches social and economic history of the early modern period, history and social theory, and European ethnology and heritage. His research focuses on the history of craft guilds, ‘social capital’ and vocational education.

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• List of Figures and TablesPrefaceIntroduction Chapter 1. ‘Learning on the Shop Floor’ in Historical PerspectiveBert De Munck and Hugo SolyPART I: BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOUSEHOLDChapter 2. Apprentices, Servants and Other Workers: Apprenticeship in JapanMary Louise NagataChapter 3. From School to Workshop: Pre-training and Apprenticeship in Old Regime FranceClare CrowstonPART II: BETWEEN CONTRACT AND PRACTICEChapter 4. Apprenticeship and Guild Control in the Netherlands, c.1450–1800Karel DavidsChapter 5. Construction and Reproduction: The Training and Skills of Antwerp Cabinetmakers in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesBert De MunckChapter 6. Learning by Brewing: Apprenticeship and the English Brewing Industry in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian PeriodJonathan ReinarzPART III: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTSChapter 7. Silk Weaver and Purse Maker Apprentices in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century ViennaAnnemarie Steidl Chapter 8. Social Mobility and Apprenticeship in Late Medieval FlandersPeter StabelChapter 9. Apprentices in the German and Austrian Crafts in Early Modern Times: Apprentices as Wage Earners?Reinhold ReithConclusion Chapter 10. Reconsidering Apprenticeship: AfterthoughtsSteven L. KaplanNotes on ContributorsIndex