Set in a Silver SeaA social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Raw cotton , it was found , could be grown with slave labour on the plantations of the southern American colonies . The Lancashire climate , the traditional skill of English spinners and weavers and the astonishing ingenuity of British ...
Raw cotton , it was found , could be grown with slave labour on the plantations of the southern American colonies . The Lancashire climate , the traditional skill of English spinners and weavers and the astonishing ingenuity of British ...
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Cotton manufactory and coal mining -the trades on which England's new wealth was principally founded - were inherently unhealthy . The one confined men , women and children for long hours in hot , vitiated , humid air which clogged the ...
Cotton manufactory and coal mining -the trades on which England's new wealth was principally founded - were inherently unhealthy . The one confined men , women and children for long hours in hot , vitiated , humid air which clogged the ...
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Between 1839 and 1849 alone the exports of mixed wool and cotton fabrics from the West Riding expanded from 2,400,000 to 42,115,000 yards . In that torrent of opportunity nothing seemed to matter but getting rich .
Between 1839 and 1849 alone the exports of mixed wool and cotton fabrics from the West Riding expanded from 2,400,000 to 42,115,000 yards . In that torrent of opportunity nothing seemed to matter but getting rich .
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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| Title | Set in a Silver Sea Anchor A680 Volume 680 of Anchor books Doubleday anchor books English social history |
| Author | Arthur Bryant |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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