1956-1960 The Humanitarians and the Ten Hour Movement in England & The Development of London Livery Companies: An Essay and A Bibliography

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

Two volumes. Scarce works. Publications No. 10 and No. 15 of The Kress Library of Business and Economics. With a frontispiece to each volume. This set contains: The Humanitarians and the Ten Hour Movement in England, 1956. A detailed historical study into the The Ten Hours Movement, a working-class campaign in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s to limit the working day to ten hours for workers in the textile industry. With a bibliographical appendix. Written by Raymond G. Cowherd, an American professor of history. The Development of London Livery Companies: An Essay and A Bibliography, 1960. A record of the development of London livery companies in the twentieth century, with reference to the origins of livery companies, characteristics of guild organizations, and the decline in livery companies. Written by William F. Kahl, an American historian and advocate for women's education.