Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers
Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Publisher: Shannon : Irish University Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 816

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The special value of the parliamentary reports lies in the picture they present of a changing community during times of technical innovations and trade depressions. The reports on the Corn Laws provide this information for the early part of the century and the Royal Commissions on agricultural interests and depression detail the situation in their exhaustive inquiries for the later periods. The employment of women and children for agricultural labour, agricultural customs in Britain, the allotment system and small holdings, commons enclosure, the National Land Company, the state of the agricultural community in Ireland and the crofters and cottars of Scotland are also fully reported on in these papers. -- Publisher's catalogue.

Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: 1849 (548)
Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: 1849 (548)

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Publisher: Irish Academic Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 468

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The establishment of free public libraries in England resulted from a bill in 1850 requiring a rate contribution for town libraries. Four Select Committee reports issued between 1849 and 1852 provide the essential extent of parliamentary concern in this field. Chaired by William Ewart, an active parliamentary reformer, these committees were motivated by a desire to promote the cultural benefits of good literature among the general public and particularly among the agricultural population. -- Publisher's catalogue.

Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: 1802-3 (30) (71)
Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: 1802-3 (30) (71)

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Publisher: Shannon : Irish University Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 432

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The IUP Textiles set presents the reports of successive Select Committees appointed to investigate several aspects of the textile industry from 1800 to 1850. The early reports deal with old laws and statues which were hampering the changeover from cottage to factory manufacture. The underlying principle of the reports was that undue restriction on industrial expansion should be removed. In the later reports recommendations on job mobility, emigration and education, which were to be important afterwards, were tentatively made. -- Publisher's catalogue.