The cheapness of cottons and woollens, of paper and brass, has created hundreds of new small industries.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The cheapness of cottons and woollens, of paper and brass, has created hundreds of new small industries.”
Editor's note · Context
Kropotkin points out that the affordability of certain materials has led to the rise of numerous small industries.
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