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Page 8
... output ; but it certainly did work hardship to the poor , who were cleared off the land to make room for the vast field system and sheep and cattle raising . A few individuals were made rich , prices were probably lowered ; but the poor ...
... output ; but it certainly did work hardship to the poor , who were cleared off the land to make room for the vast field system and sheep and cattle raising . A few individuals were made rich , prices were probably lowered ; but the poor ...
Page 10
... output , as to - day , went to America . However , the value of the cotton export amounted to only about one - twentieth of that of the woollen export . Next in importance to the woollen industry was the iron trade which , according to ...
... output , as to - day , went to America . However , the value of the cotton export amounted to only about one - twentieth of that of the woollen export . Next in importance to the woollen industry was the iron trade which , according to ...
Page 34
... output are practically unlimited . Sec . 8. — The Revolution in Distribution . Along with the wonderful revolution in the methods of production have gone equally wonderful developments in the methods of distribution . A concentrated ...
... output are practically unlimited . Sec . 8. — The Revolution in Distribution . Along with the wonderful revolution in the methods of production have gone equally wonderful developments in the methods of distribution . A concentrated ...
Page 39
... output of manufactured goods increased by leaps and bounds . In 1764 , the cotton imported into England amounted to 3,870,392 lbs .; in 1841 , it had risen to 489,900,000 lbs . In 1792 , the amount of cotton imported into Lancashire ...
... output of manufactured goods increased by leaps and bounds . In 1764 , the cotton imported into England amounted to 3,870,392 lbs .; in 1841 , it had risen to 489,900,000 lbs . In 1792 , the amount of cotton imported into Lancashire ...
Page 40
... output was 61,300 tons ; in 1839 , it was 1,347,790 tons . One hundred years after Crompton invented his spinning mule there were in Lancashire 2,655 cotton mills running a total of 37,515,772 spindles and 463,118 power looms . In the ...
... output was 61,300 tons ; in 1839 , it was 1,347,790 tons . One hundred years after Crompton invented his spinning mule there were in Lancashire 2,655 cotton mills running a total of 37,515,772 spindles and 463,118 power looms . In the ...
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Adam Smith agriculture amount Arkwright became capital capitalist centres chapter CHARLES BEARD classes clothing combination compelled competition cotton Democracy disease duction economic eighteenth century electric employed employers energy England English estimated factory system forces French Revolution Government hand workers horse-power human hundred ignorant important improved increased individual industrial organisation industrial problem Industrial Revolution inventors iron knowledge labour Lancashire land legislation machinery machines Manchester manufacture markets means mechanical inventions mediæval medieval ment methods mill owners modern moral nation natural necessary Newcastle-on-Tyne operation output Parliament persons political political economists population power loom profit progress railway rapidly raw materials recognised reform regulation restrictions Robert Owen sanitary 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