Author: S.A. & M.J. RaymondPublisher: HP Books
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Yorkshire West Riding Poll Book 1835
Author: S.A. & M.J. RaymondPublisher: HP Books
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Illustrated London News
Author: The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844
Author: Frederick EngelsPublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730964852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Condition of the Working Class in England is one of the best-known works of Friedrich Engels. Originally written in German as Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England, it is a study of the working class in Victorian England. It was also Engels' first book, written during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844. Manchester was then at the very heart of the Industrial Revolution, and Engels compiled his study from his own observations and detailed contemporary reports. Engels argues that the Industrial Revolution made workers worse off. He shows, for example, that in large industrial cities mortality from disease, as well as death-rates for workers were higher than in the countryside. In cities like Manchester and Liverpool mortality from smallpox, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough was four times as high as in the surrounding countryside, and mortality from convulsions was ten times as high as in the countryside. The overall death-rate in Manchester and Liverpool was significantly higher than the national average (one in 32.72 and one in 31.90 and even one in 29.90, compared with one in 45 or one in 46). An interesting example shows the increase in the overall death-rates in the industrial town of Carlisle where before the introduction of mills (1779–1787), 4,408 out of 10,000 children died before reaching the age of five, and after their introduction the figure rose to 4,738. Before the introduction of mills, 1,006 out of 10,000 adults died before reaching 39 years old, and after their introduction the death rate rose to 1,261 out of 10,000.
Where and why Public Ownership Has Failed
Author: Yves GuyotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A Source Book of Australian History
Author: Gwendolen SwinburnePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"A Source Book of Australian History" is a concise full history of Australia from the discovery of Tasmania to the National Australian Convention and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia. The book was aimed at students interested in learning the subject. Each chapter has a short synopsis at the beginning to better comprehend the subject.
History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882
Author: Samuel OrcuttPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridgewater (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
British Parliamentary Election Results
Author: Frederick Walter Scott CraigPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349023493
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Speeches on Questions of Public Policy
Author: John BrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The History of Honley
Author: Mary A. JaggerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Honley (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Representative Democracy?
Author: Ron JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781526139894
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When people vote in a democracy, they expect the result of the election to be 'fair.' Is this true in the UK and if not, why not? This book explains how our system of 'first-past-the-post' translates votes into seats and is essential reading at a time of unprecedented electoral uncertainty.