Labour problems before the industrial revolution: four pamphlets, 1727-1745
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TitleLabour problems before the industrial revolution: four pamphlets, 1727-1745
Place of publicationNew York
PublisherArno
Year of publication1972
Dimensions23cm
MaterialBook
Series titleBritish labour struggles: contemporary pamphlets 1727-1850
ISBN0-405-04425-9
SubjectIndustry; Employment; Laws and legislation
Bibliographic notesFacsimile reprints
Consists ofThe devil drove out of the warping bar: or, the snap-reel snap'd shewing the madness of the weavers, and the folly and barbarity of the clothiers in the west
The case as it now stands between the clothiers, weavers and other manufacturers with regard to the late riot in the County of Wilts.: containing remarks on a libel entitled An essay onf riots, printed in the Gloucester Journal, December 19 1738; some observations on the prices of labour in the woollen manufacture and husbandry; considerations and reflections on the act for maintaining the poor, shewing the disadvantages and injuries which arise to society from it; proofs of the necessityj of reducing the price of labour in our manufactures in order to keep and extend our foreign trade - the whole interspersed with remarks on the advantages arising from trade to the landed gentlemen; the burden which would fall on all by the loss of it - also some observations on the conduct of gentlemen and magistrates towards trade and manufacturers in a letter to a member of parliament
The miseries of the miserable: or an essay towards laying open the decay of the fine woollen trade and the unhappy condition of the poor Wiltshire manufacturers
A letter to a member of parliament on the importance of liberty towards enjoying the national benefit of any useful branch of manufactures etc.
The case as it now stands between the clothiers, weavers and other manufacturers with regard to the late riot in the County of Wilts.: containing remarks on a libel entitled An essay onf riots, printed in the Gloucester Journal, December 19 1738; some observations on the prices of labour in the woollen manufacture and husbandry; considerations and reflections on the act for maintaining the poor, shewing the disadvantages and injuries which arise to society from it; proofs of the necessityj of reducing the price of labour in our manufactures in order to keep and extend our foreign trade - the whole interspersed with remarks on the advantages arising from trade to the landed gentlemen; the burden which would fall on all by the loss of it - also some observations on the conduct of gentlemen and magistrates towards trade and manufacturers in a letter to a member of parliament
The miseries of the miserable: or an essay towards laying open the decay of the fine woollen trade and the unhappy condition of the poor Wiltshire manufacturers
A letter to a member of parliament on the importance of liberty towards enjoying the national benefit of any useful branch of manufactures etc.
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