The Industrial History of England
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. PREFACE TO THE EIGHTEENTH EDITION4. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY—THE ROMANS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS—TRADE5. CHAPTER II THE LAND: ITS OWNERS AND CULTIVATORS6. CHAPTER I DOMESDAY BOOK AND THE MANORS7. CHAPTER II THE TOWNS AND THE GILDS8. CHAPTER III MANUFACTURES AND TRADE: ELEVENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES9. CHAPTER I AGRICULTURE IN MEDIÆVAL ENGLAND10. CHAPTER II THE WOOLLEN TRADE AND MANUFACTURES11. CHAPTER III THE TOWNS, INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES, AND FAIRS12. CHAPTER IV THE GREAT PLAGUE AND ITS ECONOMIC EFFECTS13. CHAPTER V THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT OF 1381, AND THE SUBSEQUENT PROSPERITY OF THE WORKING CLASSES14. CHAPTER I THE MISDEEDS OF HENRY VIII., AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY15. CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF FOREIGN TRADE16. CHAPTER III ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND17. CHAPTER IV PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES18. CHAPTER V COMMERCE AND WAR IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES19. CHAPTER VI MANUFACTURES AND MINING20. CHAPTER I THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION21. CHAPTER II THE EPOCH OF THE GREAT INVENTIONS22. CHAPTER III WARS, POLITICS, AND INDUSTRY23. CHAPTER IV THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND ITS RESULTS24. CHAPTER V THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES25. CHAPTER VI THE RISE AND DEPRESSION OF MODERN AGRICULTURE26. CHAPTER VII MODERN INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND27. CHAPTER VIII THE NEW AGE, 1897–191128. NOTES & INDEX