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It is enhanced by the fact that modern industrial methods tend always to demand
less muscular effort and therefore to leave people with more energy when their
day's work is done . Many workers in the light industries are less truly manual ...
It is enhanced by the fact that modern industrial methods tend always to demand
less muscular effort and therefore to leave people with more energy when their
day's work is done . Many workers in the light industries are less truly manual ...
Page 76
Nationalization of land , mines , railways , banks and major industries . II .
Limitation of incomes , on such a ... One can “ nationalize " industry by the stroke
of a pen , but the actual process is slow and complicated . What is needed is that
the ...
Nationalization of land , mines , railways , banks and major industries . II .
Limitation of incomes , on such a ... One can “ nationalize " industry by the stroke
of a pen , but the actual process is slow and complicated . What is needed is that
the ...
Page 77
How sudden a change in the conduct of industry it implies is less certain . In a
country like England we cannot rip down the whole structure and build again
from the bottom , least of all in time of war . Inevitably the majority of industrial
concerns ...
How sudden a change in the conduct of industry it implies is less certain . In a
country like England we cannot rip down the whole structure and build again
from the bottom , least of all in time of war . Inevitably the majority of industrial
concerns ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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