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They had come into being about '1760. It was then that economic changes set in which, with the assistance of an ignorant ruling class, transformed a prosperous and vigorous peasantry into a mere proletariat, ever on the verge of pauperism. Before that date, the labourer had possessed a fair measure of independence, and had lived in considerable comfort, owing to the opportunities of farming on his own account. It is true that his independent husbandry was on a small scale, but it had at least supplied him with an abundance of cheap food, and had prevented him from being wholly dependent on wages and a master. Above all, the possibility of working for himself gave a zest to life, and the career thus Open even to the poorest fostered a thrifty, hard-working and self-respecting class. The subsequent depression, though induced by various causes, was due primarily to the agricultural revolution. The loss of the commons by enclosure and the absorption of small holdings and farms into the large units necessary to the now profitable com-growing spelt ruin for the small man. Changes in the industrial economy of the nation, together with bad legislation, aggravated his difficulties. Even by the close of the eighteenth century, or but thirty or forty years after the depression set in, the land problem, the housing problem.
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"An' I mean as the King 'ull put a stop to 't, for them say it as knows it, as there's to be a Rinform." So said Dagley, a tiller of the soil in the early half of the last century. He knew that all was not well with himself and his fellows, but was as incapable of laying his finger on the cause of their wretchedness and discontent as he was of prescribing the remedy. But "there's them i' Middlemarch knows what the Rinform is," he added. This was hopeful indeed, for a remedy for the labourer's case had been a crying need for a hundred years. But Dagley had drunk his pot of beer, and was unduly optimistic. Far from there being a reform, the evils from which he and his kind suffered were allowed to drag on down to our own day.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a detailed examination of the hardships that plagued agricultural laborers in England during the 18th and 19th centuries, a period of great economic and societal upheaval. The author discusses how the loss of traditional rights and income sources, coupled with rising prices and inadequate wages, led to widespread poverty, moral degradation, and the disintegration of rural communities. The book also explores the efforts of philanthropists and reformers to address the plight of the laborers, and the challenges they faced in implementing effective solutions. The author's insights illuminate the complex factors that shaped the lives of agricultural laborers during this transformative era, highlighting the enduring impact of these events on the social and economic landscape of England. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330699263_0
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