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An Introduction to the Industrial History of England

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920 - Industries - 529 pages

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Contents

FORMS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
1
The degree of industrial specialization
18
THE RISE OF THE CRAFTS IN ANTIQUITY
24
Copyright

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TitleAn Introduction to the Industrial History of England
AuthorAbbott Payson Usher
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company, 1920
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 7, 2006
Length529 pages
  
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