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Women and the Miners' Strike, 1984-1985
Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Florence; Thomlinson, Natalie - 2023
"Examines the stories of more than 100 women and their varied experiences during the miners' strike of 1984-1985 to shed new light on working-class women's relationship to the 'political' and the 'ordinary', and demonstrate the ways in which gender roles, working-class lifestyles, and coalfield...
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Technology in the Industrial Revolution
Hahn, Barbara - 2020
the classic case of rapid and revolutionary technological change, Barbara Hahn takes readers from the north of England to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012128398
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England's great transformation : law, labor, and the industrial revolution
Steinberg, Marc W. - 2016
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Women, Work and Colonialism in the Netherlands and Java : Comparisons, Contrasts, and Connections, 1830–1940
van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise - 2019
Chapter 1: Introduction. Women’s work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940 -- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch colonialism in comparative perspective -- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its consequences -- Chapter 4: Industrialisation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398420
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Women, work and colonialism in the Netherlands and Java : comparisons, contrasts, and connections, 1830-1940
Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise van - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983109
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Henry George's writings on the United Kingdom
Wenzer, Kenneth C. (contributor) - 2002
George in England : plan of his single-tax campaign to help the Irish -- Henry George in England : the English campaign … -- Henry George in England : the single-tax campaign there attracting great attention -- Interview with Henry George : progress … evoked; answering questions -- George in England -- Henry George and Samuel Smith, M.P, : they meet in debate before the …
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The Story of Indian Manufacturing : Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
Seth, Vijay K. - 2018
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...
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Capital and Colonialism : The Return on British Investments in Africa 1869–1969
Rönnbäck, Klas; Broberg, Oskar - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Research design -- Chapter 2: Historical context -- Chapter 3: Capital and colonialism in theory -- Chapter 4: Previous research -- Chapter 5: Method and data -- Part II: Aggregate results -- Chapter 6: The rate of return on investment in Africa -- Chapter 7:...
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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record
Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001
The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851212
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The First Crash : Lessons from the South Sea Bubble
Dale, Richard - 2005
For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats itself and the same elemental forces that drove up the price of South Sea...
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