Book III: The Modern Worker
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"Book III: The Modern Worker" is a section of Thomas Carlyle's 1843 work *Past and Present* that critiques industrial-era labor conditions and explores the social and moral challenges facing the 19th-century working class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book III: The Modern Worker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III: The Modern Worker Context triple: [Past and Present, hasPart, Book III: The Modern Worker]
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A.
Book V: Labour
Book V: Labour is the section of the Italian Civil Code that governs employment relationships, workers’ rights, and the regulation of enterprises and labor organizations.
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B.
City of Workers
"City of Workers" is a nickname for Lawrence, Massachusetts, reflecting its historic role as a major industrial mill city with a large working-class population.
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C.
The Industrial Society
The Industrial Society is a sociological work by Raymond Aron that analyzes the structures, dynamics, and implications of modern industrialized societies.
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D.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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E.
Management and the Worker
Management and the Worker is a landmark 1939 book by Elton Mayo and colleagues that analyzes the Hawthorne studies and helped establish the human relations movement in industrial and organizational psychology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III: The Modern Worker Target entity description: "Book III: The Modern Worker" is a section of Thomas Carlyle's 1843 work *Past and Present* that critiques industrial-era labor conditions and explores the social and moral challenges facing the 19th-century working class.
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A.
Book V: Labour
Book V: Labour is the section of the Italian Civil Code that governs employment relationships, workers’ rights, and the regulation of enterprises and labor organizations.
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B.
City of Workers
"City of Workers" is a nickname for Lawrence, Massachusetts, reflecting its historic role as a major industrial mill city with a large working-class population.
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C.
The Industrial Society
The Industrial Society is a sociological work by Raymond Aron that analyzes the structures, dynamics, and implications of modern industrialized societies.
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D.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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E.
Management and the Worker
Management and the Worker is a landmark 1939 book by Elton Mayo and colleagues that analyzes the Hawthorne studies and helped establish the human relations movement in industrial and organizational psychology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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literary work part ⓘ |
| addresses | conditions of the 19th-century British working class ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Book I: Proem
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Book II: The Ancient Monk ⓘ Book IV: Horoscope ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
laissez-faire economics
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materialism ⓘ utilitarian approaches to labor ⓘ |
| discusses |
duty of employers toward workers
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factory labor ⓘ social inequality ⓘ working-class living conditions ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction prose
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social criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Industrial Revolution Britain ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Past and Present ⓘ |
| influencedBy | social conditions of early Victorian Britain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alienation of workers
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critique of industrial capitalism ⓘ industrial-era labor conditions ⓘ moral challenges of the 19th-century working class ⓘ relationship between labor and morality ⓘ social challenges of the 19th-century working class ⓘ |
| partOf | Past and Present ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | moral critique of modernity ⓘ |
| positionInWork | Book III ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| setInHistoricalContext | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| targetAudience | educated Victorian readership ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | Past and Present ⓘ |
| workType | essay sequence ⓘ |
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Subject: Book III: The Modern Worker Description of subject: "Book III: The Modern Worker" is a section of Thomas Carlyle's 1843 work *Past and Present* that critiques industrial-era labor conditions and explores the social and moral challenges facing the 19th-century working class.
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