Michael Andrew Zmolek

Rethinking the Industrial Revolution

Five Centuries of Transition from Agrarian to Industrial Capitalism in England

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Produktbeschreibung

The feudal state is often viewed as a passive actor in the rise of capitalism. molek here corrects the record.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 974
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1247g
• ISBN-13: 9781608463756
• ISBN-10: 1608463753
• Artikelnr.: 39564231

Autorenporträt

Michael Andrew molek Ph.D. (2009, York University) teaches World History and International Studies at the University of Iowa, having previously taught at the University of Dubuque. His published articles explore environmental problems, development issues and the origin of capitalism

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: ENGLAND TRANSFORMED: MANUFACTURING AND AGRARIAN CAPITALISM,
1348-1783
1. The Pre-History of Industry
2. Parliament and Revolution
3. Agrarian Capitalism: The Key to Britain's Rise to Power
4. An Empire in Crisis
5. Harvesting the Agrarian Revolution
PART II: 'SUCH MACHINES ... AS CANNOT ERR': CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND, 1700-1800
6. Technology and History
7. The Social Origins of the Factory
8. Factories and Machinery
9. Capital and Industry
PART III: CUSTOM'S LAST STAND: THE RISE AND FALL OF ARTISAN-LED RESISTANCE
TO CAPITALISM IN ENGLAND, 1783-1848
10. Custom and Law
11. Rebellion and Reaction
12. Class and the State
13. Reform and the Oligarchy
14. Chartists and Liberals
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index