Author: Johann Conrad Fischer
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Industrial England 1814-1851
Author: Johann Conrad Fischer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
J. C. Fischer and His Diary of Industrial England, 1814-1851
Author: William Otto Henderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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J.C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England
Author: W.O. Henderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136613668
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book was first published in 1966. It was surprising that so small and so remote a country as Switzerland should have played such an important part in the industrial revolution on the Continent in the nineteenth century. A lack of natural resources and basic raw materials and population of 1,687,000 in 1817, faraway trade ports, and until 1848 no real central government with the administrative structure to support expansion of manufacturers. However, the people were hardworking, thrifty and high standards of workmanship; and had good relations with France and Germany, which saw the watchmakers, silkweavers and chocolate crafters start to thrive. Johann Conrad Fischer was typical of the entrepreneurs who laid the foundations of Switzerland's prosperity with his steelworks.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136613668
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book was first published in 1966. It was surprising that so small and so remote a country as Switzerland should have played such an important part in the industrial revolution on the Continent in the nineteenth century. A lack of natural resources and basic raw materials and population of 1,687,000 in 1817, faraway trade ports, and until 1848 no real central government with the administrative structure to support expansion of manufacturers. However, the people were hardworking, thrifty and high standards of workmanship; and had good relations with France and Germany, which saw the watchmakers, silkweavers and chocolate crafters start to thrive. Johann Conrad Fischer was typical of the entrepreneurs who laid the foundations of Switzerland's prosperity with his steelworks.
Industrial Britain Under the Regency
Author: W.O. Henderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136613102
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In this book W. O. Henderson has brought together in English translation the journals of four foreign visitors who travelled in England and Scotland in the years immediately following the Napoleonic wars, in a way which may be regarded as a sequel to his recent book on J. C. Fischer’s diaries of industrial Britain. Two of the travellers whose journals are included in this volume were Swiss industrialists. Hans Caspar Escher was both a professional architect and the founder of the famous engineering firm of Esther Wyss of Zürich, Bodmer, also of Zürich, lived in England for many years and was recognised as an inventor of genius. The other accounts of industrial Britain in the Regency era are a report by the Prussian Factory Commissioner May and a short survey of the Newcastle upon Tyne colliery railways by the French government engineer Louis de Gallois. The four diaries show how informed foreign visitors were impressed by the way in which Britain had survived the perils of Napoleon’s Continental System and was now forging ahead to consolidate her position as the workshop of the world. This book was first published in 1968.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136613102
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In this book W. O. Henderson has brought together in English translation the journals of four foreign visitors who travelled in England and Scotland in the years immediately following the Napoleonic wars, in a way which may be regarded as a sequel to his recent book on J. C. Fischer’s diaries of industrial Britain. Two of the travellers whose journals are included in this volume were Swiss industrialists. Hans Caspar Escher was both a professional architect and the founder of the famous engineering firm of Esther Wyss of Zürich, Bodmer, also of Zürich, lived in England for many years and was recognised as an inventor of genius. The other accounts of industrial Britain in the Regency era are a report by the Prussian Factory Commissioner May and a short survey of the Newcastle upon Tyne colliery railways by the French government engineer Louis de Gallois. The four diaries show how informed foreign visitors were impressed by the way in which Britain had survived the perils of Napoleon’s Continental System and was now forging ahead to consolidate her position as the workshop of the world. This book was first published in 1968.
British Economic and Social History
Author: R. C. Richardson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719036002
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719036002
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
J. C. Fischer and His Diary of Industrial England 1814 - 51
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
Author: Albert Edward Musson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9782881243820
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Concentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop the thesis that the interaction between theorists and men of practical affairs was much closer, more complex and more consequential than some historians of science have held it to be. Deeply researched, gracefully argued and fully documented. First published in 1969, and established now as a "classic" in the field, the present edition has a new foreword by Margaret C. Jacob. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9782881243820
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Concentrating on the Industrial Revolution as experienced in Great Britain (and, within that sphere, mainly on the early development of the engineering and chemical industries), the authors develop the thesis that the interaction between theorists and men of practical affairs was much closer, more complex and more consequential than some historians of science have held it to be. Deeply researched, gracefully argued and fully documented. First published in 1969, and established now as a "classic" in the field, the present edition has a new foreword by Margaret C. Jacob. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
English Urban Life
Author: James Walvin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135671079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These ever-increasing armies of town dwellers presented the local and central authorities with a myriad of urgent problems, including those of feeding, housing and controlligni a turbulent populace. These years saw the emergence of a new, essentially modern, machinery of control for running an urban society. Despite these dramatic changes an equally important feature of the period was the elements of continuit - in work, family life and leisure. Part one deals with the physical changes, the problems for the town dweller inherant in these, and the distinctions of social class that developed. Part two discusses the political response to the urbanization of England and the problems this caused: poverty and law enforcement. In part three the continuities are assessed: in leisure, rituals and family life. At every opportunity Dr Walvin brings his material to life with his extensive use of contemporary commentaries. In this lively and wide-ranging study, firmly rooted in recent scholarly research, Dr Walvin provides a balanced and up-to-date picture of a society which, although experiencing the most fundamental changes was also characterized by the continuities in its people's habits and social customs. This book was first published in 1984.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135671079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These ever-increasing armies of town dwellers presented the local and central authorities with a myriad of urgent problems, including those of feeding, housing and controlligni a turbulent populace. These years saw the emergence of a new, essentially modern, machinery of control for running an urban society. Despite these dramatic changes an equally important feature of the period was the elements of continuit - in work, family life and leisure. Part one deals with the physical changes, the problems for the town dweller inherant in these, and the distinctions of social class that developed. Part two discusses the political response to the urbanization of England and the problems this caused: poverty and law enforcement. In part three the continuities are assessed: in leisure, rituals and family life. At every opportunity Dr Walvin brings his material to life with his extensive use of contemporary commentaries. In this lively and wide-ranging study, firmly rooted in recent scholarly research, Dr Walvin provides a balanced and up-to-date picture of a society which, although experiencing the most fundamental changes was also characterized by the continuities in its people's habits and social customs. This book was first published in 1984.
The First Industrialists
Author: François Crouzet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521088718
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book is focused on the social and occupational origins of the founders of modem British industry: what kind of families did they come from? What was their occupation before they set up as industrialists? In discussing these and other issues, this study makes an important contribution to the problem of social mobility during the Industrial Revolution.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521088718
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book is focused on the social and occupational origins of the founders of modem British industry: what kind of families did they come from? What was their occupation before they set up as industrialists? In discussing these and other issues, this study makes an important contribution to the problem of social mobility during the Industrial Revolution.
The Patent System and Inventive Activity During the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1852
Author: H. I. Dutton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719009976
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719009976
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description