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England's great transformation : law, labor, and the Industrial Revolution / Marc W. Steinberg.
Marc W. Steinberg throws a wrench into our understanding of the English Industrial Revolution - largely revising the thesis of Karl Polanyi's landmark 'The Great Transformation'. The conventional wisdom has been that in the 19th century, England quickly moved toward a modern labour market where workers were free to shift from employer to employer in response to market signals. Expanding on recent historical research, Steinberg finds to the contrary that labour contracts, centred on insidious master-servant laws, allowed employers and legal institutions to work in tandem to keep employees in line.
Record details
- ISBN: 022633001X
- ISBN: 9780226330013
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString.july.24 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. The labor process and beyond ; Law, institutions, and labor control: theory and history -- Introduction to the case studies. Hanley and the pottery industry ; Hull and the fishing trade ; Redditch, commercial agriculture, needle manufacturing, and small-town justice -- Retelling the great transformation -- Conclusion. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Études de cas. Case studies. Case studies History |
