The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820: Industry, Innovation and Work in BritainRoutledge, 20 sept. 2005 - 352 pages This new edition of The Age of Manufactures provides an exciting alternative overview of the eighteenth-century British economy. Recent macro-economic history has discounted many of the achievements of the Industrial Revolution. Maxine Berg argues that at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, we find many new consumer industries employing a women's workforce, and bringing with them a rich diversity of technological and organizational change. Four new chapters explore recent perspectives on: * The Industrial Revolution * Eighteenth century industries * Machines and manual labour * The rise of the factory system Statistical summaries, and a thorough revision of the whole text have refreshed and enhanced this well-established and important contribution to British ecomonic history. |
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Part I MANUFACTURE AND THE ECONOMY | 8 |
1 CURRENT PERSPECTIVES AND NEW DEPARTURES | 9 |
2 INDUSTRIES | 27 |
3 MODELS OF INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION | 48 |
4 AGRICULTURE RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT | 65 |
5 INDUSTRIAL DECLINE | 84 |
6 TRADE CONSUMPTION AND MANUFACTURING | 100 |
8 MACHINES AND MANUAL LABOUR | 146 |
9 THE RISE OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM | 162 |
10 THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZING WORK | 180 |
TECHNOLOGIES | 204 |
12 THE METAL AND HARDWARE TRADES | 223 |
CONCLUSION | 246 |
NOTES | 250 |
| 273 | |
7 WOMEN CHILDREN AND WORK | 117 |
Part II PATHS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | 145 |
| 291 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820: Industry, Innovation, and Work in Britain Maxine Berg Aucun aperçu disponible - 1994 |
The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820: Industry, Innovation, and Work in Britain Maxine Berg Aucun aperçu disponible - 1994 |
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