The Industrial RevolutionS. Sonnenschein & Company, Lim., 1901 - 105 pages |
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... classes that labour with their hands for weekly wages have now entrusted to them much of the power possessed by the Government of this country . The future of this country , and the parts of the world dependent on it must be largely ...
... classes that labour with their hands for weekly wages have now entrusted to them much of the power possessed by the Government of this country . The future of this country , and the parts of the world dependent on it must be largely ...
Page 13
... class had been the dominating element in English political and social life ; but from that time onward their power began to wane . Alongside of the landed aristocracy arose a powerful mercantile class whose wealth gave them influence ...
... class had been the dominating element in English political and social life ; but from that time onward their power began to wane . Alongside of the landed aristocracy arose a powerful mercantile class whose wealth gave them influence ...
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... classes , from the king to the serf , took their places in society under arbitrary and hereditary contracts . The villein was bound to the soil ; the lord of the soil to his overlord or directly to the king . However , at no time can we ...
... classes , from the king to the serf , took their places in society under arbitrary and hereditary contracts . The villein was bound to the soil ; the lord of the soil to his overlord or directly to the king . However , at no time can we ...
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... class , had been shaking the stability of the rigid fabric . Peasants ' revolts , famines , and the rise of a free labouring class had the same tendency , and the commercial develop- ment , which began in the Tudor age , also ...
... class , had been shaking the stability of the rigid fabric . Peasants ' revolts , famines , and the rise of a free labouring class had the same tendency , and the commercial develop- ment , which began in the Tudor age , also ...
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... unrestricted by public opinion . This collecting of vast armies of labourers under the dominion of one capitalist broke off the old relations of master and man , and society gradually divided into two classes ยท 46 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
... unrestricted by public opinion . This collecting of vast armies of labourers under the dominion of one capitalist broke off the old relations of master and man , and society gradually divided into two classes ยท 46 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
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