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... employers and employed ) at that time were too greedy , too ignorant , and too callous to understand the full evil they were doing , and the governing classes above them too foolish to see that the remedy must be swiftly applied ...
... employers and employed ) at that time were too greedy , too ignorant , and too callous to understand the full evil they were doing , and the governing classes above them too foolish to see that the remedy must be swiftly applied ...
Page 13
... in 1760 , we hear of a few mills employing large numbers of labourers . The dependence of workmen on employers was in the process of development . The simplest form of industry was the " domestic factory . " In this ENGLAND IN 1760 £ 3.
... in 1760 , we hear of a few mills employing large numbers of labourers . The dependence of workmen on employers was in the process of development . The simplest form of industry was the " domestic factory . " In this ENGLAND IN 1760 £ 3.
Page 15
... employer . At first we see , as in Yorkshire , the weaver furnishing himself with warp and weft , which he worked up in his own house and brought himself to market . By degrees he found it difficult to get yarn from the spinners , so ...
... employer . At first we see , as in Yorkshire , the weaver furnishing himself with warp and weft , which he worked up in his own house and brought himself to market . By degrees he found it difficult to get yarn from the spinners , so ...
Page 45
... sudden displacements of labour by the introduction of machinery , as years went on the old habits and methods of lite 45 were preserved , while the relation between employer and employed THE BREAKING UP OF THE OLD ORDER.
... sudden displacements of labour by the introduction of machinery , as years went on the old habits and methods of lite 45 were preserved , while the relation between employer and employed THE BREAKING UP OF THE OLD ORDER.
Page 46
Charles Austin Beard. were preserved , while the relation between employer and employed , commencing under an indentured ap- prenticeship , usually for seven years , and continuing under a system of journeymanship , became a kind of ...
Charles Austin Beard. were preserved , while the relation between employer and employed , commencing under an indentured ap- prenticeship , usually for seven years , and continuing under a system of journeymanship , became a kind of ...
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Adam Smith agriculture amount Arkwright became capital capitalist centres chapter CHARLES BEARD classes clothing Co-operative combination compete competition cotton Democracy disease economic eighteenth century electric employed employers energy England English estimated factory system forces freedom of contract French Revolution Government hand workers horse-power human hundred ignorant important improved increased individual industrial organisation Industrial Revolution inventors iron labour Lancashire land legislation machinery machines Manchester manufacture markets means mechanical inventions medieval ment methods mill owners modern moral nation natural necessary operation output Parliament persons political political economists population power loom problem production profit progress railway rapidly raw materials reform regulation restrictions Robert Owen secure Sidney Webb social society spinning steam steam-engine struggle supply textile things tion to-day towns trade Trade Unionism transportation turn utilisation vast wages waste water frame wealth weaver weaving wool