Note 364 — Chapter I · : SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL
R. (Robert) Richards translation
In 1835 Andrew Ure (Philosophy of Manufactures, p. 481) reckoned that in the manufacture of cotton, wool, linen, and silk in England there were employed 4800 boys and 5308 girls below 11 years of age, 67,000 boys and 89,000 girls between 11 and 18 years of age, and 88,000 men and 102,000 women above 18 years; a total of 159,000 boys and men against 196,000 girls and women.