Working conditions in Irish industry prior to 1914 were frequently harsh and dangerous, particularly for women and children. The large textile, shipbuilding and engineering works in the North were typical products of the industrial revolution, but the smaller factories and workshops located in other parts of the island also exposed workers to unfair terms and conditions of employment. The Factory Acts sought to improve working conditions throughout the United Kingdom. In this book, the authors examine the development of ...
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Working conditions in Irish industry prior to 1914 were frequently harsh and dangerous, particularly for women and children. The large textile, shipbuilding and engineering works in the North were typical products of the industrial revolution, but the smaller factories and workshops located in other parts of the island also exposed workers to unfair terms and conditions of employment. The Factory Acts sought to improve working conditions throughout the United Kingdom. In this book, the authors examine the development of this early health and safety legislation and its system of public inspection and assess its effectiveness in ameliorating the position of workers in factories and workshops throughout Ireland. Particular reference is made to the regulation of health, safety and the fair payment of wages to women and children working in the linen industry, the prevention of accidents to the men employed in shipbuilding and on the docks, and the inspection of working conditions in the ind
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1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xviii + 438, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).
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Fine in near fine jacket. First edition, 2003. Hardcover in dust jacket, 450 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.