An Introduction To The Industrial And Social History Of England
Edward Potts Cheyney
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An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
New Sixteenth Century Manor House with Fields still Open, Gidea Hall, Essex. Nichols: Progresses of Queen Elizabeth . BY...
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EDWARD P. CHEYNEY
EDWARD P. CHEYNEY
PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1916 All rights reserved Copyright , 1901, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1901. Reprinted January, October, 1905; November, 1906; October, 1907; July, 1908; February, 1909; January, 1910; April, December, 1910; January, August, December, 1911; July, 1912; January, 1913; February, August, 1914; January, November, 1915; April, 191
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PREFACE
PREFACE
This text-book is intended for college and high-school classes. Most of the facts stated in it have become, through the researches and publications of recent years, such commonplace knowledge that a reference to authority in each case has not seemed necessary. Statements on more doubtful points, and such personal opinions as I have had occasion to express, although not supported by references, are based on a somewhat careful study of the sources. To each chapter is subjoined a bibliographical pa
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An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
1. The Geography of England. —The British Isles lie northwest of the Continent of Europe. They are separated from it by the Channel and the North Sea, at the narrowest only twenty miles wide, and at the broadest not more than three hundred. The greatest length of England from north to south is three hundred and sixty-five miles, and its greatest breadth some two hundred and eighty miles. Its area, with Wales, is 58,320 square miles, being somewhat more than one-quarter the size of France or of G
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THE GROWTH OF THE FRENCH NATION
THE GROWTH OF THE FRENCH NATION
Author of "European History," etc. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25 "Mr. Adams has dealt in a fascinating way with the chief features of the Middle Age, and his book is rendered the more attractive by some excellent illustrations. He traces the history of France from the conquests by the Romans and Franks down to the presidency of M. Felix Faure, and has always something to say that is clear and to the point; Mr. Adams seems to us to have seized the salient features of the growth of the French nation, and to
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A STUDENT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
A STUDENT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Professor of History, Harvard University With Suggestions to Teachers by Anna Boynton Thompson , Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Mass. 8vo. Half Leather. $1.40 "Your book has given us good satisfaction. It is the best school history I know of to give the student a clear conception of the origin and the development of our institutions. It presents to him lucidly and forcefully the questions which have been either the sectional or the party issues of the past; it portrays in a singularly felicito
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TOPICS ON GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY
TOPICS ON GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY
By ARTHUR L. GOODRICH , Free Academy, Utica, N.Y. Intended for use in Secondary Schools. A new and revised edition. Cloth. 12mo. 60 cents A full and systematic scheme for the study of Greek and Roman History by the topical method, adapted for use in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Committee and Conferences on the Study of History....
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THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN NATION
THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN NATION
By HARRY PRATT JUDSON, LL.D. , Head Professor of Political Science in the University of Chicago. Cloth. 12mo. $1.00 The object of this work is to point out the cardinal facts in the growth of the American nation in such a way as to show clearly the orderly development of national life....
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AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD BY CONTEMPORARIES
AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD BY CONTEMPORARIES
Edited by ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Ph.D. , Professor of History in Harvard University. In 4 volumes. Cloth. 12mo. Each $2.00. Edited by ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Ph.D. , author of "American History told by Contemporaries." Cloth. 12mo. 60 cents "The book, as the author intends, is abundantly suggestive. But at the same time it is in its facts good history, and so skilfully and admirably arranged as to arouse in every young reader a desire for wider reading upon the interesting themes broached. To the t
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A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR BEGINNERS
A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR BEGINNERS
For use in Elementary Schools. By W. B. POWELL, A.M. , Superintendent of Public Schools, Washington, D.C. Cloth. 12mo. 65 cents  ...
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