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| Title | Foreign Work and English Wages Considered with Reference to the Depression of Trade |
| Author | Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 |
| Length | 417 pages |
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