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The Enclosures in England, by Harriett Bradley
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Title: The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction
Author: Harriett Bradley
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Language: English
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2 THE ENCLOSURES IN ENGLAND
STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW
EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Volume LXXX] [Number 2
Whole Number 186
THE ENCLOSURES IN ENGLAND AN ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION
BY HARRIETT BRADLEY, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Vassar College Sometime University Fellow in Economics
New York COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., AGENTS LONDON: P.S. KING & SON, LTD. 1918
"It fareth with the earth as with other creatures that through continual labour grow faint and feeble-hearted." From speech made in the House of Commons, 1597
To EMILIE LOUISE WELLS
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 11 The subject of inquiry--No attempt hitherto made to verify the different hypothetical explanation