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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
THE FACTORY SYSTEM
Statutory Definitions-Mill-Manufacture-Manufacture
and Mart-Trade-Handicraft-Art and Manufacture-Agricul-
ture-Laws of Agricultural and Manufacturing Industry-
Machinery-Division and Combination of Labour-The Factory
System - Extractive Industries - Transport and Building
Services and Commodities-Immaterial Products-Plan of this
Work Pages 1-41
CHAPTER II.
OTHER FORMS OF LABOUR ORGANISATION
Prehistoric Times-The Patriarchal Age-Village Communities-
Despotism-The Tribal System-Slavery-Serfdom-Hereditary
Trades-Caste-Guilds-The Municipal System—The Manorial
System The Feudal System-Free Industry-Competition-
Capital and Labour
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CHAPTER III.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN ANCIENT TIMES
(TEXTILE INDUSTRIES)
42-78
Textiles-Weaving-Spinning-Egypt-Materials used-Weaving
Implements Netting and Embroidery-Fine Linen-Spinning
Implements-Egyptian Textile Manufactories-Other Ancient
Countries-Ethiopia-Idumea-Arabia-Assyria-Babylonian
Manufactories-Phoenicia-Carthage-Palestine-India-Indian
Manufacture-Persia and Media-Lydia- Phrygia—China—
Greece-Greek Colonies-Italy-Classical Implements — Gaul
and Germany-Scythia and Sarmatia-Scandinavia-Mexico-
Peru.
Pages 79-127
CHAPTER IV.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN ANCIENT TIMES
(MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES)
Dyeing and Printing-Colours known to the Ancients-Tyrian Purple
-Ancient Dyers and Dye-houses-Bleaching-Fulling-Metal-
lurgy-Tubal Cain-Metals known to the Ancients - Gold
Silver-Brass-Iron-Copper-Tin-Lead-Mercury-Metal
Manufacture-Founding, Casting, and Refining-Earthenware-
Bricks Pottery-Porcelain-Glass-Paper--Leather 128-177
CHAPTER V.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL COMMERCE
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The Middle Ages- Movements of Commerce - Ancient Caravan
Ancient Maritime Commerce Hebrew Commerce :
Routes
Ophir The Phoenicians―The Carthaginians-Classical Com-
merce-Later Egyptian Commerce-Imperial Rome-Constanti-
nople-Arabian Commerce-The Crusades-Venice and Genoa
-The Hanse League-The Netherlands - Medieval Inland
Commerce-Fairs 178-218
CHAPTER VI.
MEDIEVAL MANUFACTURES
The Dark Ages-The Church-The Greek Empire-Silk-Wool—
Flax-Cotton-Metal Manufacture-Smaller Industries-Locks
and Clocks-Wire Drawing-Dyeing-Felting-Paper-making
-Pottery-Leather-Glass-Medieval System-Trade Societies
Pages 219-261
CHAPTER VII.
ENGLAND BEFORE THE FACTORY SYSTEM-TO THE REIGN OF
EDWARD III.
The Ancient Britons-Primitive Manufactures-The Roman Period
-Roman Manufactures-The Roman System-The Saxons—
Saxon Manufactures-The Saxon System-The Normans-
Classes at the Conquest-Domesday Book-The Plantagenets-
Condition of Trade and Industry-Legislative Restrictions-
Social Condition of this Time.
CHAPTER VIII.
262-299
ENGLAND BEFORE THE FACTORY SYSTEM-FROM EDWARD III.
TO WILLIAM III.
Edward III.: Establishment of the English Woollen Manufacture-
John Kempe-The Black Death-The Statutes of Labourers-
Wat Tyler-Emancipation of the People-The Wars of the
Roses-Political Economy of this Period-Wages-Sumptuary
Laws The Tudors-Elizabeth-The Poor Laws-Apprentice-
ship-The Iron Industry-The Stuarts
CHAPTER IX.
THE MODERN FACTORY SYSTEM
300-339
William III.-Social Condition of the Time-Commerce-Manufacture
-Birth of the Modern Factory System-English Silk Industry
-John Lombe-The First Factory-Successful Result-Woollen
Manufacture The Fleece. Linen Manufacture - Decline of
the Iron Industry-Pottery-Paper-Smaller Metal Industries:
Sheffield and Birmingham-General Increase of Production
340-383
CHAPTER X.
THE GREAT MECHANICAL INVENTIONS
Early Appliances-William Lee: the Stocking Frame-Lace Manu-
facture Cotton Manufacture-Industrial Characteristics of this
Period-Philosophy of Invention-John Kay: the Fly-Shuttle-
Spinning by Machinery-Wyatt and Paul-James Hargreaves:
the Spinning Jenny-Thomas Highs-Richard Arkwright: the
Water Frame-Carding by Machinery-Opposition to the Great
Inventions Machinery and the Working Class Samuel
Crompton: the Mule-The Power Loom Pages 384-433
INDEX
435-441