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Prize essay on the evils which are produced by late hours of business : and on the benefits which would attend their abridgement /

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Main Author:	Davies, Thomas
Other Authors:	Noel, Baptist Wriothesley, 1798-1873
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : J. Nisbet and Co., 1843.
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Hours of labor > Great Britain. Working class > Great Britain. Electronic books. Labor movement > Great Britain. Labor > Great Britain.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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