A Social and Economic History of Britain, 1760-1970

agricultural labourers Bank Bank of England became began Bill Birmingham Board Britain British canals capital capitalist cent Charter Chartist Co-operative coal Cobbett Combination Acts Commissioners Corn Laws cotton demand depression districts early economic eighteenth century employers employment England English export Factory Acts farmers farming formed Francis Place Friendly Societies gave Government Health History House of Commons Ibid improved increased Industrial Revolution iron Joseph Arch land landowners London London Corresponding Society Longmans Lord Lovett machinery Manchester manufacturers master meeting ment middle classes miners movement Napoleonic wars National navvies nineteenth century organization Owen parish Parliament pauper period Petition political Poor Law population production Radical railway reform repeal Report Robert Owen Royal Commission schools Select Committee social Socialist strike textile tion tons Tory towns trade unions transport University wages Whigs women workers workhouse workmen