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MANUFACTURE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY BEFORE THE FACTORY

by Maxine Berg; Pat Hudson; Michael Sonenscher

Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus. 2002

Nearly fine condition. A collection of essays based on the SSRC Conference on Manufacture in Town and Country before the Factory held in Balliol College, Oxford in September 1980. Cardwraps. 213 pages (including index).

ISBN: 0521893593
Stock no. 2135966

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Contents

  • 1. Manufacture in town and country before the factory
  • 2. Political economy and the principles of manufacture 1700-1800
  • Part I The Structure of Manufacture
  • 3. Variations in industrial structure in pre-industrial Languedoc
  • 4. Seasonal fluctuations and social division of labour...
  • 5. From manor to mill: the West Riding transition
  • Part II 'Work' and 'Wages'
  • 6. Work and wages in Paris in the eighteenth century
  • 7. Embezzlement industry and the law in England, 1500-1800

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