THE AGE OF MANUFACTURES, 1700-1820 by Maxine Berg ( 9780415069342 )

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Title:

THE AGE OF MANUFACTURES, 1700-1820
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND WORK IN BRITAIN

By:

Maxine Berg

Format:

Hardback

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£145.00

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£130.50

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ISBN 10:

0415069343

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9780415069342

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

19 May, 1994

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

352

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

17 line drawings, 18 figures, 19 tables

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Returnable

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