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The small village jam-makers were the precursors and the rudiments of the great factories of preserves which now employ hundreds of workers.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgThe small village jam-makers were the precursors and the rudiments of the great factories of preserves which now employ hundreds of workers.
Kropotkin points out how small village jam-makers laid the groundwork for large-scale food production.
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