2nd Edition
The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820 Industry, Innovation and Work in Britain
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Dr Maxine Berg, Maxine Berg
