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Macmillan
Pub. Date
1953
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This volume traces the attempts made after the Napoleonic Wars to link up all the numerous local and sectional Trade Societies into a single comprehensive 'General Trades Union' - attempts which culminated in the short-lived Grand National Consolidated Trades Union formed under Robert Owen's influence in 1833. Based on materials not previously used by historians, this book throws new light on the development of Trade Unionism, particularly in the...
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Gateway edition
Great books in philosophy
Penguin classics volume L201
Hafner library of classics volume no. 1
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Great books in philosophy
Penguin classics volume L201
Hafner library of classics volume no. 1
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Presents the eighteenth century French philosopher's views on society and the relationship between the individual and the state.
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012
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"Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others, and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don't know. How may the restraints on man become legitimate? I do believe I can answer that question …"
Thus begins Rousseau's influential 1762 work, Du Contract Social. Arguing that all government is fundamentally flawed,
