A History of the Past and Present State of the Labouring Population: Including the Progress of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, Shewing the Extremes of Opulence and Destitution Among the Operative Classes, Volume 2Longman ; Nettleton, 1846 - 555 pages |
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