BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PLATES; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part 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; Part 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; CONCLUSION
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-323) and index
