Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820. Industry, innovation and work in Britain, 1700-1820

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Seminal work. First published 1985. Deals with the early industrial period of the 18th century, perceiving it as embracing notably artisan workshops and domestic systems of production as well as the more studied emerging factory system. Argues that it relied on tools, small machines and skilled labourers as much as on steam engines and mechanised processes and that women and children were as active in it as men. Focuses especially on production in the textile and metal industries In two parts, viz: Part 1 - 'Manufacture and the economy'; Part 2 - 'Paths to the industrial revolution'. Part 1: 'Current perspectives and new departures'; 'Industries'; 'Models of industrial transition'; 'Agriculture, resources, environment'; 'Industrial decline'; 'Trade, consumption and manufacturing'; 'Women, children and work'. Part 2: 'Machines and manual labour'; 'Rise of the factory system'; 'Textile industries - organizing work'; 'Textile industries - technologies', 'Metal and hardware trade'