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The ten hours' bill : the history of factory legislation, step by step, since its introduction to Parliament by the first Sir Robert Peel, in 1802, till it was finally carried by Lord Ashley, in 1850, together with many incidents, letters, speeches, and proceedings in both houses of Parliament, and in the country, up to the present time / by Philip Grant ; to which is appended A warning address to the working-classes by the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, delivered in the Town-Hall, Manchester, October 6th 1866, to a meeting of factory operatives from all parts of Lancashire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Philip, author.
- Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1801-1885, author.
- Series:
- Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890.
- Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hours of labor--Great Britain.
- Hours of labor.
- Children--Employment--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Labor laws and legislation--Great Britain.
- Labor laws and legislation.
- Factory laws and legislation--Great Britain.
- Factory laws and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : John Heywood, 1866.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
- Shelfmark number: [G.L.] CB 866.
- Local Notes:
- Presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1903.
- OCLC:
- 1198239600
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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