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Page 4
... vast armies of workers even , collected in great factories , stifled by heat and dust , and deafened by the dull , monotonous roar of machinery . Sec . 4. - Extent of Agriculture . In 1760 , one - third of the workers of England were ...
... vast armies of workers even , collected in great factories , stifled by heat and dust , and deafened by the dull , monotonous roar of machinery . Sec . 4. - Extent of Agriculture . In 1760 , one - third of the workers of England were ...
Page 5
... vast stretches of waste and unimproved land which are now fertile and productive fields . A large portion of Essex was covered by Hainault and Epping Forest . Wide tracts of the weald of Surrey lay unused and desolate . The bogs and ...
... vast stretches of waste and unimproved land which are now fertile and productive fields . A large portion of Essex was covered by Hainault and Epping Forest . Wide tracts of the weald of Surrey lay unused and desolate . The bogs and ...
Page 7
... vast deal of time was consumed by labourers " in travelling to many dispersed pieces of land from one end of the parish to the other " ; ( 5 ) quarrelling and litigation over the little strips were continuous ; ( 6 ) the common herding ...
... vast deal of time was consumed by labourers " in travelling to many dispersed pieces of land from one end of the parish to the other " ; ( 5 ) quarrelling and litigation over the little strips were continuous ; ( 6 ) the common herding ...
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... vast field system and sheep and cattle raising . A few individuals were made rich , prices were probably lowered ; but the poor at large suffered in several ways . Sec . 6. Life in the Agricultural Village . The condition of the ...
... vast field system and sheep and cattle raising . A few individuals were made rich , prices were probably lowered ; but the poor at large suffered in several ways . Sec . 6. Life in the Agricultural Village . The condition of the ...
Page 11
... vast accumulations of capital in industry in England before the coming of machinery . Even those engaged in other than agricultural pursuits very often lived in cottages in the country , and held small strips of land for cultivation ...
... vast accumulations of capital in industry in England before the coming of machinery . Even those engaged in other than agricultural pursuits very often lived in cottages in the country , and held small strips of land for cultivation ...
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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 mediƦval 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