... the principle of "laissez faire" on which the manufacturer bought his materials in the cheapest market and sold them in the highest, and hired his labour whenever he liked at the lowest wages he could pay. The early 19th Century saw the introduction of more canals, roads, railways and steamboats that hastened the growth of large-scale production by making possible a vast expansion of commerce. Social: The growing wealth of the wealthy advanced the style of living in the ... was to be valued, instead, for other qualities considering to be especially characteristic of her sex: tenderness o...

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