The enforcement of English apprenticeship : a study in applied mercantilism, 1563-1642
1956, 1st edition. Cambridge : Harvard University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #438320
Physical description: x, 319 pages 22 cm. Contents: Informations and patents -- The professional informer : methods and rewards -- Regulation of informers -- The distribution of private prosecutions among areas and occupations -- Business fluctuations and apprenticeship prosecutions -- Effectiveness of private interests -- Constables and justices -- Local presentment -- Justices in and out of Sessions -- The central government -- Effectiveness of public agencies -- Appendixes : I. Provisions of the Statute of Artificers relating to apprentices. II. Tables of prosecutions in two Westminster courts and quarter sessions for seven-year term, Act of 1563, by selected counties in aggregate : 1563-1603; 1603-1625; 1625-1642. III. Summary of fees and charges. Subjects: Apprentices Great Britain. Labor laws and legislation Great Britain History. Working class England History 16th century.
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