1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393473203316

Autore

Ferguson Robert <d. 1714.>

Titolo

A just and modest vindication of the Scots design, for the having established a colony at Darien [[electronic resource] ] : with a brief display, how much it is their interest, to apply themselves to trade, and particularly to that which is foreign

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Edinburgh?, : s.n.], 1699

Descrizione fisica

[31], 214 p

Altri autori (Persone)

HodgesJames

Soggetti

Darien Scots' Colony, 1698-1700

Scotland Commercial policy

Scotland History 1689-1745

Panama Colonization

Panama Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Written by Robert Ferguson.  Cf. DNB.; Ferguson, J. Robert Ferguson the plotter, 1887, p. 333; and, A short vindication of Phil. Scot's Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, 1700, p. 48.

Attributed by some authorities to James Hodges.  Cf. Halkett & Laing; Hazlit, W.C. Bibl. coll., 3rd ser., sup.

Place of publication from NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Marginal notes.

Reproduction of original in Harvard University Libraries.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963502603321

Autore

Honeyman Katrina

Titolo

Child workers in England, 1780-1820 : parish apprentices and the making of the early industrial labour force / / Katrina Honeyman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-315-57146-3

1-317-16795-3

1-317-16794-5

1-281-20836-1

9786611208363

0-7546-8669-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Studies in labour history

Disciplina

331.3/18

Soggetti

Child labor - England - History - 18th century

Child labor - England - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-323) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Industrial change in England 1780-1820 -- The Poor Law and the parish apprentice -- Factory apprenticeship : structure, process and legislation -- The supply and distribution of parish apprentices -- Textile enterprise and the parish apprentice -- The costs and benefits of parish apprenticeship -- Parish factory apprenticeship and the nature of work -- The making of a gendered labour force? -- The exploitation of little children -- The voices of the children -- The protection of parish apprentices -- The neglect of parish apprentices -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

A major contribution to studies in child labour, this book explores the contribution of child workers and the particular importance of the parish apprenticeship system to early industrial expansion.