The sweated trades: Outwork in nineteenth-century Britain

8vo. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw (minor edge nicks) . Establishes a braod chronology of the rise and fall of outwork industries in the 19th century; 287 pages; Physical desc. : 287p ; 23cm. Identifier: ISBN: 0713412593 Notes: 'A Batsford academic book' - jacket. Bibliography: p.276-277. - Includes index. Subject: Sweat shops - Great Britain - History. Industries - Sweating system - Sweatshops - Home labor - . England - Economic conditions - 19th century