The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820: Industry, Innovation and Work in Britain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415069359)

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.

Author: Maxine Berg
ISBN-10: 0415069351
ISBN-13: 9780415069359
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/19/1994
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.12w x 0.84d