A Treatise on the Circumstances which Determine the Rate of Wages and the Condition of the Labouring ClassesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 114 páginas |
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... frequently much better off than others with 28s . , 30s . , and 36s . , per do . , though the families of the former be quite as large as those of the latter . The wages and the habits of the labouring classes are intimately connected ...
... frequently much better off than others with 28s . , 30s . , and 36s . , per do . , though the families of the former be quite as large as those of the latter . The wages and the habits of the labouring classes are intimately connected ...
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... frequently is , defeated by the greater weight .of the public burdens in the more productive country , by de- fective institutions , a feeling of insecurity , or some such modifying principle . But where these do not occur , or where ...
... frequently is , defeated by the greater weight .of the public burdens in the more productive country , by de- fective institutions , a feeling of insecurity , or some such modifying principle . But where these do not occur , or where ...
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... frequently been advocated ; but we are firmly persuaded that there is none more completely destitute of foundation . If the condition of the labourers be depressed , the prosperity of the other classes can rest on no solid foundation ...
... frequently been advocated ; but we are firmly persuaded that there is none more completely destitute of foundation . If the condition of the labourers be depressed , the prosperity of the other classes can rest on no solid foundation ...
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... frequently occur in Ire- land , affords many illustrations of the accuracy of the state- ments now made . Owing , for example , to the failure of the potato crop of 1821 , the bulk of the peasantry of Clare , Lime- rick , and other ...
... frequently occur in Ire- land , affords many illustrations of the accuracy of the state- ments now made . Owing , for example , to the failure of the potato crop of 1821 , the bulk of the peasantry of Clare , Lime- rick , and other ...
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... frequently prompted them to overwork them- selves , and to hurt their health by excessive labour . Exces- sive application during four days of the week , is frequently the real cause of the idleness of the other three , so much and so ...
... frequently prompted them to overwork them- selves , and to hurt their health by excessive labour . Exces- sive application during four days of the week , is frequently the real cause of the idleness of the other three , so much and so ...
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