The age of manufactures : 1700-1820 : industry, innovation and work in Britain
This new edition of The Age of Manufactures provides an exciting alternative overview of the eighteenth-century British economy. Statistical summaries and a thorough revision of the whole text have enhanced this important book.
xiv, 337 s. : illustrations, diagram, table
9780415069342, 0415069343
185765650
Introduction Part One Manufacture and the Economy 1. Current Perspectives and New Departures 2. Industries 3. Models of Industrial Transition 4. Agriculture, Resources, Environment 5. Industrial Decline 6. Trade, Consumption and Manufacturing 7. Women, Children and Work Part Two - Paths to the Industrial Revolution 8. Machines and Manual Labour 9. The Rise of the Factory System 10. The Textile Industries: Organizing Work 11. Textile Industries: Technologies 12. The Metal and Hardware Trades