Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... methods , but not very much . They were too much occupied with the comparison of different forms of government , and other matters of politics , to have time for Political Economy . 4. It was the discovery of America which first called ...
... methods , but not very much . They were too much occupied with the comparison of different forms of government , and other matters of politics , to have time for Political Economy . 4. It was the discovery of America which first called ...
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... methods which would increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better methods possible . A single man , or a mere handful of men , is unable to achieve the conquest of nature we call ...
... methods which would increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better methods possible . A single man , or a mere handful of men , is unable to achieve the conquest of nature we call ...
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... method . All these things are done more cheaply now , mostly by machinery and steam - power . So we are willing to pay for such a house only what it would require to build another house like it , using modern tools , machinery and the ...
... method . All these things are done more cheaply now , mostly by machinery and steam - power . So we are willing to pay for such a house only what it would require to build another house like it , using modern tools , machinery and the ...
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... methods of tillage were traditional , and much of the work was done in common , so that no improve- ments could be made until they were approved by the whole community . Little change for the better was possible until this common ...
... methods of tillage were traditional , and much of the work was done in common , so that no improve- ments could be made until they were approved by the whole community . Little change for the better was possible until this common ...
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... methods of the workshop . They economized their time well , wasted no material , left no corners in possession of weeds , and studied which were the best crops , the best implements , the best breeds of cattle . They watched the markets ...
... methods of the workshop . They economized their time well , wasted no material , left no corners in possession of weeds , and studied which were the best crops , the best implements , the best breeds of cattle . They watched the markets ...
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Сторінка 95 - ... from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience. A country which has this skill and experience yet to acquire, may in other respects be better adapted to the production than those which were earlier in the field ; and besides, it is a just remark of Mr.
Сторінка 23 - At the root of much of the poverty of the people of India, and of the risks to which they are exposed in seasons of scarcity, lies the unfortunate circumstance that agriculture forms almost the sole occupation of the mass of the population...
Сторінка 23 - ... no remedy for present evils can be complete which does not include the introduction of a diversity of occupations, through which the surplus population may be drawn from agricultural pursuits and led to find the means of subsistence in manufactures or some such employments.