England's Great Transformation : Law, Labor, and the Industrial Revolution /

With England's Great Transformation, Marc W. Steinberg throws a wrench into our understanding of the English Industrial Revolution, largely revising the thesis at heart of Karl Polanyi's landmark The Great Transformation. The conventional wisdom has been that in the nineteenth century, Eng...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinberg, Marc W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
Industrial relations > England > Case studies.
Industrial relations > England > History > 19th century.
Industrial revolution > England.
Labor laws and legislation > England > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / General.
britain, british, united kingdom, europe, western world, change, legal, law, litigation, justice, labor, work, industrial, industry, revolution, karl polanyi, 19th century, history, historical, market, marketplace, workers, career, employer, research, academic, scholarly, case study, pottery, fishery, needlemaker, artisan, craftsman, servant, master, class, classism, marxism, institutionalism, feminism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Labor Process and Beyond
  • 3. Law, Institutions, and Labor Control: Theory and History
  • Part II: Introduction to the Case Studies
  • 4. Hanley and the Pottery Industry
  • 5. Hull and the Fishing Trade
  • 6. Redditch, Commercial Agriculture, Needle Manufacturing, and Small-Town Justice
  • Part III
  • 7. Retelling The Great Transformation
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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