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INDEX

Aberdeenshire, cotton industry in, Anglesea, copper mining in, 144-

78; “putting-out” system in, 146; woolen industry in, 83,
248, 249.

84.
Abram, W. A., book by, 305. Annandale, cotton industry in, 78.
Account of the Manner in which Ansell, C., book by, 305.

a Standing General Commercial Anstie, J., books by, 320, 321.
Committee Was Established at Answer to the Complete Investi-
Birmingham, 316.

gation of Mr. Eden's Treaty,
Acland, book by, 299, 320; views 321.

of, on friendly societies, 299. Apprenticing of pauper children,
Agricultural era, the, 1, 2.

260.
Agricultural reports, list of, 316, Arbuthnot, J., book by, 321.
317, 319.

Arkwright, Richard, 9, 11, 22, 30,
Agricultural workers, budgets of, 39, 74, 103, 119, 137, 304; lapsing

224, ff.; casual employment of his patent rights, 28, 114;
among, 237-240;

comparative sheriff and knight, 153, 155; sup-
well-being of, 253, ff.; decline of port of Sunday schools by, 278;
independence among, 240-243; use of water frame patented by,
docility of, 298, 299; dwellings in factories, 77-80; wealth of,
of, 236, 237; hours of labor of,

151.
235, 236; loss of auxiliary in- Arts, Royal Academy of, 41; con-
come by, 220, ff.; summary of nection of, with industrial arts,
status of, 243, 244; unemploy- 44.
ment among, 240, 241; wages of, Arts, Society of, 16, 53, 165; con-
219-224, 250.

nection of, with the textile in-
Agriculture, changes in, 221, ff.; dustries, 48-51; example of,
effects of new industrial tech- followed by local societies, 44-
nique on, 88, 89; enclosures in, 47; importance of, 43, 44; ob-
96, 221-223, 240-243, 286-288; so- jects and methods of, 40-43;

cieties for encouraging, 38-47. origin of, 38, 39.
Agriculture, Board of, 34, 36, 88, Ashbourne, Lord, book by, 305.

89; reports to, 316, 317, 319. Ashley, W. J., book by, 305.
Aikin, John, books by, 79, 107, 108, | Ashton, cotton industry at, 108,
317, 318.

109.
Alderson, Dr. John, 269.

Ashton, J., book by, 305.
Allen, G. C., article by, 305. Auckland, Lord. See Eden, Wil-
American Revolution, effects of, liam.

on England, 102, 123, 146, 181, Austria, interest of, in English in-
202, 272; effects of, on Scotland, ventions, 133.
114, 115.

Authentic Account of the Riots in
Amusements, popular, an evidence Birmingham, 274, 318.

of mechanical interests, 17-19. Axon, W. E. A., books by, 305.
Anderson, A., book by, 318. Ayrshire, cotton industry in, 78,
Anderson, J., books by, 316, 320. 114-116, 141.

329

of.

measures

Bacon, Roger, 58.

Board of Agriculture. See Agri-
Baernreither, J. M., book by, culture, Board of.
305.

Board of Trade. See Trade, Board
Bagnall, W. R., book by, 305.
Bailey, A. M., book by, 313. Bolton, cotton industry at, 108;
Bailey, J., books by, 316.

of, for promoting
Bailey, W., book by, 313.

health, 270.
Baines, E., book by, 305.

Boulton, Matthew, 39, 85, 177, 304;
Baines, T., book by, 305.

copper-mining interests of, 144-
Baird, T., book by, 316.

146; partner of Watt, 100, 137;
Balance of power, influence of, on Soho factory of, 99, 100, 137.
economic life, 4.

Bourne, H. R. F., book by, 306.
Baldwin, T., book by, 318.

Box clubs. See Friendly societies.
Ballooning, 16, 17.

Boys, J., book by, 316.
Bancroft, Rev. Thomas, 156. Bradford, 86.
Bath, Society of Arts of, 46, 47. Briareus, 119.
Beckman, J., book by, 305.

Bridgewater Canal, 63, 64.
Bedfordshire, casual laborers from Brindley, James, 9, 63, 64.

239; friendly societies in, 296. Bristol, 10, 95; friendly societies
Bell, Thomas, patent by, 83.

in, 296.
Bell, W., book by, 321.

British Merchant for 1787, 321.
Belsham, w., book by, 318. Brockbank, E. M., book by, 306.
Bennett, Arnold, 70.

Brooke, Colonel, Irish cotton fac-
Bentham, J., book by, 321.

tories of, 143, 144, 173, 174.
Berkshire, cotton industry in, 78; Brooke, R., book by, 306.

farm workers' budgets in, 224; Brown, P. A., book by, 306.
friendly societies in, 296.

Brown, R., book by, 316.
Berthollet's bleaching process, 82. Brown, T., book by, 316.
Betham-Edwards, M., book' by, Browning, O., article by, 306.
318.

Bruno, 58.
Billingsley, J., book by, 316.

Buckinghamshire, epidemics in,

,
Birmingham, Commercial Com- 269; friendly societies in, 296.

mittee of, 168, 169, 172, 196, 200; Budgets of farm workers, 224, ff.
comparative well-being of work- Burke, Edmund, 246.
ers in, 255; growth of, 93, 95, 99, Burslem, pottery center, 100.
214; housing conditions and Bury, health conditions at, 268.
health in, 265, 266, 270; lack of Bute, cotton industry in, 78.
representation, 162, 163;
chanical interests of, 19, 21; op- Calico Printer's Assistant, 318.
position of, to corn laws, 204; Cambridgeshire, friendly societies
poor rates in, 259; riots at, 60, in, 296.
274; Sunday schools at, 278; Campbell, J., book by, 318.
;

me-

Carlisle, cotton industry at, 113; Commercial companies. See Trad-
health conditions at, 269.

ing companies.
Cartwright, Edmund, 9, 40, 155; Commercial competition a cause of

anecdote concerning, 17, 18; pat- invention, 54.
ent of, 50, 81.

Commons, House of, proposed re-
Casual labor, in agriculture, 97, form of, 161-164.
237-240.

Companion to the Leasowes, 318.
Catherine, Empress of Russia, 144. Competitive power of machine-
Causation, laws of, in history, 5, 6. armed industries, in foreign mar-
Centers of the new industrial tech- kets, 125-135; in home markets,
nique, 93.

119-125.
Century of Fine Cotton Spinning, Complete Investigation of Mr.
306.

Eden's Treaty, 321.
Chalmers, G., book by, 321.

Constitutional Society of Man-
Chambers, E., book by, 318.

chester, 272, 273.
Chambers of commerce and manu- Contemporaneous views of the
factures, 38, 164-193.

mechanical revolution, 70-72.
Chapman, S. J., book by, 306. Contrast, The, 321.
Charters, town, in relation to in- Cornish Metal Company, 144-
vention, 55, 56.

146.
Cheshire, comparative well-being Corn laws, 203; opposition to, 203-

of industrial workers in, 256; 205.
cotton industry in, 78, 79, and Cornwall, copper mining in, 144,
passim; friendly societies in, ff.; friendly societies in, 296.
296; worsted committee of, 165, Corporations and gilds, restrictions
166.

of, a bar to progress, 55, 56.
Chester, measures at, for promot- Correspondence between Pitt and
ing health, 270.

Rutland, 313.
Cheyney, E. P., book by, 306. Correspondence of Josiah Wedg-
--Child labor, 228, 229, 234; earlier wood, 313.
attitude toward, 275-277.

Correspondence of Sir John Sin-
Clark, J., book by, 316.

clair, 313.
Clarke, Cuthbert, inventor, 20. Cort, Henry, 9.
Class consciousness of workers, ori- | Cotton, attempts to encourage
gins of, 288.

growing of, 201, 202; sources of,
Class government, consequences of, 201, 202.
285, and passim.

Cotton industry, bleaching proc-
Class relations, prevailing historic esses in, 81, 82; competitive
conception of, 230, ff., 262, 263,

technique in,
and passim.

power of

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