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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production

By J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

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EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM.
- THE EVOLUTION
  - OF
MODERN CAPITALISM
- A STUDY OF MACHINE PRODUCTION.
  - BY
  - JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A.,
  - PREFACE.
  - CONTENTS
  - THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM.
THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM.
- CHAPTER I.ToC
  - INTRODUCTION.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER II.ToC
    - THE STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY BEFORE MACHINERY.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER III.ToC
    - THE ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINE INDUSTRY.
    - STATISTICS OF WOOL IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND.
    - Average Importation.[77]
    - NUMBER OF SPINDLES WORKING IN COTTON MILLS IN 1846.[93]
    - I. COMPARATIVE MILEAGE OF RAILWAYS, 1840 TO 1890.
    - RAILWAY MILEAGE IN RELATION TO AREA AND POPULATION.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER IV.ToC
    - THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN INDUSTRY.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER V.ToC
    - THE FORMATION OF MONOPOLIES IN CAPITAL.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER VI.ToC
    - ECONOMIC POWERS OF THE TRUST.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER VII.ToC
    - MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.
    - APPENDIX I.
    - ARE GOODS IN THE POSSESSION OF CONSUMERS CAPITAL?
    - APPENDIX II.
    - "OVER-CONSUMPTION" CONSIDERED AS CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER VIII.ToC
    - MACHINERY AND DEMAND FOR LABOUR.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER IX.ToC
    - MACHINERY AND THE QUALITY OF LABOUR.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER X.ToC
    - THE ECONOMY OF HIGH WAGES.
    - SPINNING.
    - WEAVING.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER XI.ToC
    - SOME EFFECTS OF MODERN INDUSTRY UPON THE WORKERS AS CONSUMERS.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER XII.ToC
    - WOMEN IN MODERN INDUSTRY.
    - Male and Female Employment in Manufactures, 1841-91.
    - APPENDIX.
    - Leading Points in the Development of Factory Legislation.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER XIII.ToC
    - MACHINERY AND THE MODERN TOWN.
    - GERMANY—RATE OF INCREASE OF GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS.[272]
    - DEATH-RATE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND, 1851-90.[275]
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - CHAPTER XIV.ToC
    - CIVILISATION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
    - FOOTNOTES:
  - INDEX.ToC
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