Date: 2020
Type: Book
Reinventing the economic history of industrialisation
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020
BRULAND, Kristine, GERRITSEN, Anne, HUDSON, Pat, RIELLO, Giorgio (editor/s), BRULAND, Kristine, GERRITSEN, Anne, HUDSON, Pat, RIELLO, Giorgio, Reinventing the economic history of industrialisation, Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020
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The Industrial Revolution is central to the teaching of economic history. It has also been key to historical research on the commercial expansion of Western Europe, the rise of factories, coal and iron production, the proletarianization of labour, and the birth and worldwide spread of industrial capitalism. However, perspectives on the Industrial Revolution have changed significantly in recent years. The interdisciplinary approach of Reinventing the Economic History of Industrialisation - with contributions on the history of consumption, material culture, and cultural histories of science and technology - offers a more global perspective, arguing for an interpretation of the industrial revolution based on global interactions that made technological innovation and the spread of knowledge possible. Through this new lens, it becomes clear that industrialising processes started earlier and lasted longer than previously understood. Reflecting on the major topics of concern for economic historians over the past generation, Reinventing the Economic History of Industrialisation brings this area of study up to date and points the way forward.
Table of Contents:
-- 1. The Age of Manufactures: Knowledge, Making, and the Organisation of Production -- 2. The Age of Machinery: Technology, Human Capital, and Political Economy -- 3. The Age of Luxury: Consumption, Imagination, and Desire -- 4. The Age of Global Trade: Goods, Markets, and Trade
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66887
ISBN: 9780228000914
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
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