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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| SOCIAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. | ||
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| Stationary character of Mediæval Civilization | 2 | |
| Population of England in the Sixteenth Century | 3 | |
| Slowness of the Rate of Increase | 4 | |
| Encouragement of Manufactures | 5 | |
| The 'Great Sin' of Idleness | 6 | |
| Decay of Towns | 8 | |
| Laws of Landlord and Tenant | 10 | |
| The Feudal System | 11 | |
| Regiments of Labour | 13 | |
| Distribution of Property | 14 | |
| Sumptuary Laws | 15 | |
| Their Value as morally declaratory | 16 | |
| Wages and Prices | 20 | |
| State Interference | 26 | |
| General Prosperity of Labour | 28 | |
| Labour and Capital | 30 | |
| The Rights of Property | 31 | |
| The Commercial Spirit | 33 | |
| Interference with the Rights of Property in Defence of the Poor | 34 | |
| Prosperity of the People | 36 | |
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