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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Page 92
The 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 ...
The 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 ...
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The apostles of Mammon were warming to their business , shutting up growing numbers of their fellows in factory and counting - house away from the fresh air and sunlight . It was not only in the towns that man suffered on a cross of ...
The apostles of Mammon were warming to their business , shutting up growing numbers of their fellows in factory and counting - house away from the fresh air and sunlight . It was not only in the towns that man suffered on a cross of ...
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With the railroad came also cheap coal and cheap food , linking mine , port and countryside to the all - consuming town , and the creation of a vested interest carrying the capital of thousands of shareholders and employing a growing ...
With the railroad came also cheap coal and cheap food , linking mine , port and countryside to the all - consuming town , and the creation of a vested interest carrying the capital of thousands of shareholders and employing a growing ...
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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 California |
| Digitized | 26 May 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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