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 92
... population of Lancashire , hitherto one of the most barren areas of England , had grown to 600,000 . For here on the humid western slope of the Pennines a new industry arose during the second half of the century to rival the cloth trade ...
... population of Lancashire , hitherto one of the most barren areas of England , had grown to 600,000 . For here on the humid western slope of the Pennines a new industry arose during the second half of the century to rival the cloth trade ...
Page 272
... population increasing more rapidly than ever before , not because more children were born but because , thanks to advances in hygiene and medical science , more survived . Between 1841 and 1861 the population of England , Scotland and ...
... population increasing more rapidly than ever before , not because more children were born but because , thanks to advances in hygiene and medical science , more survived . Between 1841 and 1861 the population of England , Scotland and ...
Page 290
... population of England began to exceed the rural . But agriculture remained the great central productive industry of the country , excelling in importance and influence even cotton . The competition of the new wheat - growing lands ...
... population of England began to exceed the rural . But agriculture remained the great central productive industry of the country , excelling in importance and influence even cotton . The competition of the new wheat - growing lands ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
The Yellow Streak | 167 |
The Naked and Outcast | 193 |
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