Revised edition of: The age of manufactures : industry, innovation, and work in Britain, 1700-1820 / Maxine Berg. 1985.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-323) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Pt. I. 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 -- Pt. II. Paths to the Industrial Revolution. 8. Machines and Manual Labour. 9. The Rise of the Factory System. 10. The Textile Industries: Organizing Work. 11. The Textile Industries: Technologies. 12. The Metal and Hardware Trades.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Manufacturing industries-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Industrie-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire.
Economische situatie.
Industrialisation-- Histoire.
Industrie
Industrie-- Grande-Bretagne-- 18e siècle.
Industrielle Revolution
Industries-- Great Britain-- History.
Manufacturing industries.
Révolution industrielle-- Grande-Bretagne.
Usines-- Grande-Bretagne-- 18e siècle.
Wirtschaft
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Industries, History.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions sociales, 18e siècle.