Rethinking the industrial revolution : five centuries of transition from agrarian to industrial capitalism in England / by Michael Andrew Žmolek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zmolek, Michael Andrew.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 49.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial revolution--England.

Industrial revolution.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (935 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Rethinking the Industrial Revolution: Five Centuries of Transition from Agrarian to Industrial Capitalism in England , Michael Andrew Žmolek offers the first in-depth study of the evolution of English manufacturing from the feudal and early modern periods within the context of the development of agrarian capitalism. With an emphasis on the relationship between Parliament and working Britons, this work challenges readers to 'rethink' the common perception of the role of the state in the first industrial revolution as essentially passive. The work chronicles how a long train of struggles led by artisans resisting efforts by employers to transform production along capitalist lines, prompted employers to appeal to the state to suppress this resistance by coercion.

Contents:

part one. England transformed

part two. 'Such machines ... as cannot err'

part three. Custom's last stand.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25179-0

OCLC:

858762492

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251793 DOI