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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... practice . Agricultural science may be equal , or nearly equal , in two countries , and yet their agriculture may be widely different . Scientific knowledge , which is generally confined to a few , and the application of that knowledge ...
... practice . Agricultural science may be equal , or nearly equal , in two countries , and yet their agriculture may be widely different . Scientific knowledge , which is generally confined to a few , and the application of that knowledge ...
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... practice of impressment . The violence and injustice to which sailors are exposed , by their liability to impress- ment , tend to prevent young men from entering on board ship , and thus , by artificially lessening the supply of sailors ...
... practice of impressment . The violence and injustice to which sailors are exposed , by their liability to impress- ment , tend to prevent young men from entering on board ship , and thus , by artificially lessening the supply of sailors ...
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... practice which would have driven their best sailors from their service , and have forced them to man their fleet with the sweepings of their gaols . It has been estimated , that there were above 16,000 British sailors on board American ...
... practice which would have driven their best sailors from their service , and have forced them to man their fleet with the sweepings of their gaols . It has been estimated , that there were above 16,000 British sailors on board American ...
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... practice of piece - work , or of hiring by the job , has been , and that its further exten- sion would be , a great advantage to all classes , but especially to the labourers . It appears to be the only plan by which a man's earnings ...
... practice of piece - work , or of hiring by the job , has been , and that its further exten- sion would be , a great advantage to all classes , but especially to the labourers . It appears to be the only plan by which a man's earnings ...
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... practice of the legislature occasionally to interfere respecting the stipulations in the contract of wages between masters and servants ; and , as its deliberations were in most cases guided by the advice of the masters , it was natu ...
... practice of the legislature occasionally to interfere respecting the stipulations in the contract of wages between masters and servants ; and , as its deliberations were in most cases guided by the advice of the masters , it was natu ...
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advantage amount become better Britain capital and population CHAPTER circumstances Combination Act comfort common comparatively condition conduct consequence considerable corn crease demand for labour depend depressed destitution diminished dition earnings effect employed ENCYCLOPEDIA endeavour engaged England equal exertion facilities of Production fall forethought friendly societies greater habits high wages idle improved improvident increase of capital individuals industry influence injurious interest Ireland Irish labouring classes land latter less London Lord John Russell manufacturing marriages masters means ment natural or necessary necessaries and conveniences necessary rate number of labourers obtain occasion paid parties period poor potatoes poverty principle proper proportion quantity raise wages rate of wages reduced repeal respect rise savings-banks septier species statute subsistence supplies of food supposed tillage tion trade undertakings wages of labour WEALTH OF NATIONS wheaten bread Wood Engravings work-houses work-people workmen