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Title
The Laboring Classes of England
: especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters
Author
William Dodd
Year
1847
Publisher
John Putnam
Location
Boston
Source
djvu
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January 2015
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CONTENTS
Letter I.
Introduction,
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Letter II.
Incidents in the Life of the Author,
13
Letter III.
General Condition of the Laboring Classes,
26
Letter IV.
Agricultural Laborers of Wilts, Dorset, Devon, and Somerset,
34
Letter V.
Agricultural Laborers of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex,
39
Letter VI.
Ignorance and Superstition in Kent,
44
Letter VII.
Agricultural Laborers of Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincoln, Yorkshire, and Northumberland,
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Letter VIII.
The English Factory System—its Early History,
60
Letter IX.
History of an Orphan Boy,
65
Letter X.
The Lace-Makers of Nottingham,
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Letter XI.
Flax Spinners,
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Letter XII.
A Factory conducted on Christian Principles,
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Letter XIII.
The Contrast,
100
Letter XIV.
Condition of Female Operatives,
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Letter XV.
Value of Human Life in English Factories,
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Letter XVI.
Statistical Facts—Increase of Machinery—Ditto of Individual Labor, and of early Superannuation of Operatives,
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Letter XVII.
Wages, Strikes, and Turn-outs for Wages—Means used by the manufacturers to prevent them—Ten-hour System—Conclusion,
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A Voice from the Factories
—A Poem,
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