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The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820

Industry, Innovation and Work in Britain

Maxine Berg author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th May '94

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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 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.

ISBN: 9780415069342

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 907g

352 pages

2nd edition