The Evolution of Modern Capitalism

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EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM.......Page 2 JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A.,......Page 3 PREFACE.......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 5 INTRODUCTION.......Page 13 FOOTNOTES:......Page 20 THE STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY BEFORE MACHINERY.......Page 21 FOOTNOTES:......Page 47 THE ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINE INDUSTRY.......Page 50 STATISTICS OF WOOL IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND.......Page 64 Average Importation.[77]......Page 66 NUMBER OF SPINDLES WORKING IN COTTON MILLS IN 1846.[93]......Page 80 RAILWAY MILEAGE IN RELATION TO AREA AND POPULATION.......Page 83 FOOTNOTES:......Page 87 CHAPTER IV.ToC......Page 89 THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN INDUSTRY.......Page 90 FOOTNOTES:......Page 113 THE FORMATION OF MONOPOLIES IN CAPITAL.......Page 115 ECONOMIC POWERS OF THE TRUST.......Page 136 FOOTNOTES:......Page 156 MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.......Page 157 ARE GOODS IN THE POSSESSION OF CONSUMERS CAPITAL?......Page 191 "OVER-CONSUMPTION" CONSIDERED AS CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.......Page 196 FOOTNOTES:......Page 199 MACHINERY AND DEMAND FOR LABOUR.......Page 201 FOOTNOTES:......Page 222 MACHINERY AND THE QUALITY OF LABOUR.......Page 224 FOOTNOTES:......Page 237 THE ECONOMY OF HIGH WAGES.......Page 239 SPINNING.......Page 244 WEAVING.......Page 245 FOOTNOTES:......Page 259 SOME EFFECTS OF MODERN INDUSTRY UPON THE WORKERS AS CONSUMERS.......Page 261 WOMEN IN MODERN INDUSTRY.......Page 265 Male and Female Employment in Manufactures, 1841-91.......Page 266 APPENDIX.......Page 290 Leading Points in the Development of Factory Legislation.......Page 291 FOOTNOTES:......Page 293 MACHINERY AND THE MODERN TOWN.......Page 296 GERMANY—RATE OF INCREASE OF GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS.[272]......Page 301 DEATH-RATE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND, 1851-90.[275]......Page 306 FOOTNOTES:......Page 319 CIVILISATION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.......Page 321 INDEX.ToC......Page 349 A NEW SERIES OF CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS WRITERS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.......Page 360 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 365 Library of Humour.......Page 366 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 367 James A. Manson.......Page 368 Makers of British Art.......Page 369 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 370 Edited by Havelock Ellis.......Page 371 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 376 Edited by William Archer.......Page 377 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 378