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1 online resource (xvi, 510 pages : illustrations |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Preface to New and Revised Edition; Preface to the Revised Edition; Table of Contents; Chapter I. The Origin of Modern Capitalism; 1. The First Conditions of Capitalism.; 2. Mediæval Repositories of Wealth.; 3. Rents the Origin of Early Capital.; 4. "Treasure" as the Monetary Basis.; 5. Nobles, Burghers, and Officials the First "Business Men".; 6. The Beginnings of Colonial Exploitation and "Forced Labour".; 7. The Rise of a British Proletariat of Dispossessed Cultivators |
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8. Similar Movement in Continental Europe. 9. Slow Growth of use of Machinery.; 10. The Spirit of Economic Rationalism.; 11. Causes of England's Priority in Capitalism.; Chapter II. The Instruments of Capitalism; 1. Scientific Inventions and Economic Direction.; 2. The Meaning of the Term Capital.; 3. Place of Machinery in Capitalism.; 4. The Financial Aspect of Capitalism.; Chapter III. The Structure of Industry Before Machinery; 1. Dimensions of International Commerce in Early Eighteenth Century.; 2. Natural Barriers to International Trade |
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3. Political, Pseudo-Economic, and Economic Barriers- Protective Theory and Practice. 4. Nature of International Trade.; 5. Size, Structure, Relations of the Several Industries.; 6. Slight Extent of Local Specialisation.; 7. Nature and Conditions of Specialised Industry.; 8. Structure of the Market.; 9. Combined Agriculture and Manufacture.; 10. Relations between Processes in a Manufacture.; 11. Structure of the Domestic Business: Early Stages of Transition.; 12. Beginnings of Concentrated Industry and the Factory.; 13. Limitations in Size and Application of Capital- Merchant Capitalism |
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Chapter IV. The Order of Development of Machine Industry1. A Machine Differentiated from a Tool.; 2. Machinery in Relation to the Character of Human Labour.; 3. Contributions of Machinery to Productive Power.; 4. Main Factors in Development of Machine Industry.; 5. Importance of Cotton-Trade in Machine Development.; 6. History Refutes the "Heroic" Theory of Invention.; 7. Application of Machinery to other Textile Work.; 8. Reverse Order of Development in Iron Trades.; 9. Leading Determinants in the General Application of Machinery and Steam-Motor |
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10. Order of Development of modern Industrial Methods in the Several Countries-Natural, Racial, Political, Economic. Chapter V. Size and Structure of the Modern Business.; 1. General Measure of Growth of Business-Structure.; 2. Evidence of the Relative Economy of Large and Small Businesses in United States.; 3. Testimony from Great Britain, Germany, and France.; 4. Concentration in Transport Industry.; 5. Concentration in Banking and Insurance.; 6. Concentration in Distributive Processes.; 7. Concentration in Agriculture.; 8. Survival of Small Farms.; 9. Summary of Mechanical Tendencies |
| Summary |
Hobson's The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the twentieth century. In the first part, Hobson deals with the origins and structure of modern capitalism, including the development of the machine industry, the changing structure of trades and markets, and the effects of these on workers and consumers. The final supplementary chapter considers the impact of World War I on this changing economy, and the 'distu |
| Notes |
Reprint of the 4th edition, published 1926 in London by George Allen & Unwin Ltd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Industries -- History.
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Capitalism.
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Machinery in the workplace.
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industrial history.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Capitalism
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Industries
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Machinery in the workplace
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135909499 |
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1135909490 |
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9781135909567 |
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1135909563 |
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9780203552063 |
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0203552067 |
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9781135909635 |
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1135909636 |
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9780415823173 |
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041582317X |
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