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1 online resource (633 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I THE GREAT DISRUPTION; I.A NEW KIND OF TYRANT; II. THE THREE FACTORS; III. THE NEW CAPITALISM; IV. THE MARKET, AND THE INVENTORS; V. LABOUR ON THE LAND; VI. THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRY; VII. THE VICTIMS: SPEENHAMLAND; CHAPTER II FROM THE FIRST CENSUS TO PETERLOO,1801-1820; I. THE PEOPLE ARE NUMBERED; II. IN THE SHADOW OF WAR; III. AGRICULTUR UENDER THE CORN LAWS; IV. THE RISE OF MANUFACTURE; V. THE FIRST"" OVER-PRODUCTION"" CRISIS; VI. PIONEERS OF REFORM; CHAPTER III THE LOWEST DEPTH, 1821-1834 |
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I. rural england in the ' twentiesii. degradation of the labourer; iii. un-natural history of the slum; iv. the radical reformers; v. the railway and steamship; chapter iv the influence of the economists; chapter v on the verge of revolution 1833-1849; i. a late harvest; ii. the first factory acts; iii. the new poor law; iv. the general strike; v. the chartists; vi. end of the corn law; chapter vi the world's workshop (1850-1866); i. employment and education; ii.problems of peace and war; iii. the completion of free trade; iv. round with the factory inspectors |
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Chapter vii the liberal state. (1867-1885)i. toward democracy; ii. the trade-union compromise; iii. co-operation, thrift, conciliation; iv. the collapse of agriculture; v. a trade crisis analysed; chapter viii the awakening. (1886-1900); i. the ""residdum"" discovered; ii. the ""sweating system""; iii.at the dock-gates; iv. voices of the new spirit; v. resurrection; vi. organization; chapter ix the new age; i.population and wealth; ii. new lamps for old; iii. the agricultural revival; iv. crusade of the life-savers; v. unemployment, strikes, the minimum wage; vi. conclusion |
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Appendix i population and emigrationappendix ii employment and trade unionism; appendix iii census of production of the united kingdom, 1907; appendix iv distribution of income and capital; appendix v international commerce; appendix vi wages and prices; appendix vii births and deaths, wealth and poverty, in the united kingdom; a short bibliography; index |
| Summary |
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136586224 |
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1136586229 |
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9781136586156 |
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1136586156 |
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