Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)
by icebraining on Thursday August 22, 2019 @04:14AM
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What kind of french farmers? The land owners with their subsidized businesses, or the hired hands?
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Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)
by coldtea on Thursday August 22, 2019 @05:23AM
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No, small farm owners (domestic professional production of e.g. wine, cheese, etc, but not in any large quantity).
And with no use of "hired hands" in the sense of large "factory-like" farms.