A history of labour
1921, 1st edition. London : Harrap. Library copy. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall. Item #394766
Library copy. Physical description: 415 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. Notes: "A list of selected books": pages 403-408. Contents: Part 1. The past -- Chapter 1. The Unfree -- Chapter 2. Emancipation -- Chapter 3. The Gilds -- Chapter 4. The Master worker -- Chapter 5. Poverty -- Chapter 6. A medieval period -- Chapter 7. Education -- Chapter 8. The agrarian revolution -- Chapter 9. The industrial revolution -- Chapter 10. The rise of trade unionism -- Part 2. The present -- Chapter 11. Reform -- Chapter 12. The Factory -- Chapter 13. The Home -- Chapter 14. The mental horizon -- Chapter 15. The attack upon poverty -- Chapter 16. Tendencies -- A list of selected books -- Index. Subjects: Social history; Labor Great Britain; Working class Great Britain; Social conditions; Labor and laboring classes; Equality; Agricultural labourers; Industrialization; Trade unions.
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