Historical information

A collection of addresses on the "Labour Question":

I. Labour and Capital
II. The Nine Hours Movement
III. Wages in 1873
IV. Public Elementary Education in the United States
V. The Duties of the Church in Relation to the Labour Question
VI. Co-operative Production
VII. The South Wales Colliery Strike
VIII. On the Influences Affecting the Price of Labour in England at the Present Time
IX. On Canada and the United States
X. Work and Wages in 1877
XI. Labour at Home and Abroad
XII. On the Comparative Efficiency of English and Foreign Labour
XIII. On the Rise of Wages in the Building Trades of London
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Significance

Relevant to the history of workplace relations and conditions in the US, Canada and UK.

Physical description

Hardcover, book; no dustjacket; 336 pages.

Cover: brown cloth/paper; black decorative banner; gold lettering on spine.

Inscriptions & markings

Spine: title, author's and publisher's name.

Inside cover: Ballaarat East Public Library regulations; the book has been designated number 53; writing in blue and grey pencil - illegible; stamped in red, "CANCELLED".
Title page: Ballarat East Public Library stamp (black).

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