Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A 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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Page 194
... factory towns were situated on wild heaths and moors in scantily populated neighbourhoods little influenced by ... factories , iron works and mines of the Midlands , South Lancashire , Clyde and Tyne - were astonishing phenomena . As ...
... factory towns were situated on wild heaths and moors in scantily populated neighbourhoods little influenced by ... factories , iron works and mines of the Midlands , South Lancashire , Clyde and Tyne - were astonishing phenomena . As ...
Page 248
... factory life fall more heavily than on the old craftsmen class of northern England - the finest artisans in the world . Accustomed to independence , to the regulation of their own hours of labour , to a solid standard of comfort and to ...
... factory life fall more heavily than on the old craftsmen class of northern England - the finest artisans in the world . Accustomed to independence , to the regulation of their own hours of labour , to a solid standard of comfort and to ...
Page 250
... factories , on the least expensive and therefore most congested model attainable . Since the rate of profits was not affected if their inhabitants died prematurely , no consideration was ... factory population were 250 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... factories , on the least expensive and therefore most congested model attainable . Since the rate of profits was not affected if their inhabitants died prematurely , no consideration was ... factory population were 250 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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