Life and labour in the nineteenth century : being the substance of lectures delivered at Cambridge University in the year 1919 to students of economics, among whom were officers of the Royal Navy and students from the army of the United States / by C.R. Fay
1920, Facsimile Edition. Cambridge: University Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390339
ISBN: 0837121655
Physical description: viii, 320 pages map 22 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Folded map on end page.
Contents: I. The international background, 1815-1830. The old colonial system. Repression and reform at home. The influence of Jeremy Bentham. The spirit of association. Robert Owen. The origins of British socialism. Cobbett and Cobbett's England. The old Poor law and the new -- II. The political background from 1830 to the present day. Cobdenism. The Anti-corn law league. Chartism. The industrial scene, 1842. Mining operations. The historical basis of capitalism. A nation of shopkeepers. The co-operative movement since 1844. The revival of socialism. The remedies of the nineteenth century. The growth of corporate life.
Subjects: 1800-1899
Labor movement Great Britain. Nineteenth century.
Socialism Great Britain.
Mouvement ouvrier Grande-Bretagne. Dix-neuvième siècle. Economic history.
Labor movement.
Nineteenth century. Socialism. Labor Great Britain. Working class Great Britain. Nineteenth century
Socialism Great Britain
Labor Great Britain. Labour and labouring classes Great Britain. Working class Great Britain. Labor and laboring classes Great Britain. Socialism in Great Britain. Labor movement Great Britain History.
Working class Great Britain History. Labor Great Britain History. Working class Great Britain. Nineteenth century. Socialism Great Britain. Working class Great Britain History 19th century.
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