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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 128 pages good and clean with clear print, indexed. No foxing, no previous names. 'Although the origin of trade unions is centuries old, modern trade unionism did not begin to take shape until the eighteenth century. Its spread owed much to Britan's growing industrialization after the 1760s. Factory magnates and millowners saw the new combinations of wormen as a deadly foe. For a time Parliament outlawed the labour unions. But at last, as the economy prospered, tension eased a little. Employers and unions began to talke to each other, and found that negotiations could sometimes avert industrial strife. By the end of the nineteenth century there were many unions representing both skilled and unskilled workers. Black and white plates throughout. Seller Inventory # 017611
Book Description Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. 1972. Wayland. First. Book- VG. DJ- Good, fep. Protective covered. 11.5x8.5. 128pp. Frontis picture. B/w photos and line drawings throughout. Seller Inventory # 210632
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 128 pages good and clean with clear print, indexed. Ex library. No stamp sheet. No foxing, no previous names, no inscriptions. 'Although the origin of trade unions is centuries old, modern trade unionism did not begin to take shape until the eighteenth century. Its spread owed much to Britain's growing industrialization after the 1760s. Factory magnates and millowners saw the new combinations of workmen as a deadly foe. For a time parliament outlawed the labour unions. But at last, as the economy prospered, tension eased a little. Employers and unions began to talk to each other, and found that negotiations could sometimes avert industrial strife. By the end of the ninettenth century there were many unions representing both skilled and unskilled workers. Many black and white pictures. Seller Inventory # 010331
Book Description [0-85340-157-8] [1972]. (4to) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 128pp. Photographs, illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. There are minor tape stains on the endpapers and the outside edges of the front and back cover. Publisher series: Wayland Picture Histories. Locale:. (History--England, Trade Unions). Seller Inventory # 004051