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An Economic History of England: the Eighteenth Century
T.S. Ashton has sought less to cover the field of economic history in detail than to offer a commentary, with a stress on trends of development rather than on forms of organization or economic legislation. This book seeks to interpret the growth of population, agriculture, maufacture, trade and finance in eighteenth-century England. It throws light on economic fluctuations and on the changing conditions of the wage-earners. The approach is that of an economist and use is made of hitherto neglected statistics. But treatment and language are simple. The book is intended not only for the specialist but also for others who turn to the past for its own sake or for understanding the present. This book was first published in 1955.
The Industrial Revolution
This is an introduction to the Industrial Revolution which offers an integrated account of the economic and social aspects of change during the period. Recent revisionist thinking has implied that fundamental change in economic, social and political life at the time of the Industrial Revolution was minimal or non-existent. The author challenges this interpretation, arguing that the process of revision has gone too far; emphasizing continuity at the expense of change and neglecting many historically unique features of the economy and society. Elements given short shrift in many current interpretations are reassigned their central roles.
Industrial Organization in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
First Published in 1963. This book has grown up out of a piece of research planned by the author when a student in Berlin in 1898, and commenced to carry out as a student of the London School of Economics in the following year. An article published in the Economic Journal for September 1900, under the title, ' A Seventeenth¬ Century Trade Union', which was the first outcome of this investigation. This work seeks to bridge over the gap which appeared to exist in industrial history between medieval England and the England of the eighteenth century.
Primal Vision
These selected writings of Gottfried Benn or "primal visions" of the 1920s anticipated in certain ways the positions of such writers today as Beckett and Genet, the French "antinovelists" and the American "Beats."
Capitalism and the Historians
A book that will disturb the sleep of a good many scholars" Max Eastman F. A. Hayek's Introduction lays the groundwork for this study of the rise of the factory system in Great Britain. It also examines why historians have been so critical of capitalism and the factory system. The subsequent essays discuss why intellectuals have usually been antagonistic to capitalism and what effect these historical misconceptions have had on the world's attitude toward business enterprise. * Papers by distinguished British, American and European economic historians including T. S. Ashton, L. M. Hacker and Bertrand de Jouvenel * Actual case studies of the English factory system and the English factory worker support the theoretical material.
Capital and Steam Power
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
1999 Lectures and Memoirs
Volume 105 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 11 British Academy lectures and 15 obituaries of Fellows of the British Academy.
Technology in the Industrial Revolution
Places the British Industrial Revolution in global context, providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between technology and society.
