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Governments, Labour, and the Law in Mid-Victorian Britain: The Trade Union Legislation of the 1870s
Contributor(s): Curthoys, Mark (Author)
ISBN: 0199268894     ISBN-13: 9780199268894
Publisher: Clarendon Press
OUR PRICE:   $237.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2004
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Annotation: This book explains why governments decided to make trade unions legal, and protect strikers from the criminal law. Drawing on previously unused source material, Curthoys brings to light some of the workings of the nineteenth-century state.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Ireland
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 331.880
LCCN: 2004557130
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 294 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Cultural Region - Ireland
 
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Publisher Description:
This book explains why governments decided to make trade unions legal, and protect strikers from the criminal law. Drawing on previously unused source material, Curthoys brings to light some of the workings of the nineteenth-century state.