This collection of essays is devoted to the industrial history of England and France in the 18th century and concentrates in particular on transfers of technology between them. There are specific studies of technical transfer in the steel, glass and hardware industries, and on the place of the skills of the workmen in the diffusion of technology. Industrial espionage, too, early had its place, and one essay investigates why it was resorted to and how it was carried out. In the new introductory chapter, John Harris surveys the rise of a new range of technologies in England, based on dramatic increase in the use of coal, and emphasises that this was basic to British industrial leadership and a main reason for her expertise being desired abroad. Throughout, the part played by individuals - from inventors and entrepreneurs to managers, ministers and skilled workers - is regarded as essential to the process of industrial development. Ce recueil est vouĂ© Ă lâhistoire industrielle de lâAngleterre et de la France au 18e siĂšcle et se concentre plus particuliĂšrement sur les transferts de technologie entre les deux pays. Certaines Ă©tudes traitent spĂ©cifiquement des Ă©changes techniques dans lâindustrie de lâacier et celle du verre, ainsi que de lâimportance de la compĂ©tence des ouvriers quant Ă la diffusion de la technologie. Lâespionage industriel, qui lui aussi a rapidement vu jour, fait le sujet dâun article enquĂÂȘtant sur sa raison dâĂÂȘtre et les mĂ©thodes employĂ©es. Dans le nouveau chapĂÂźtre dâintroduction, John Harris Ă©value lâessor dâun nouvel Ă©ventail de technologie en Angleterre, basĂ© sur lâaugmentation dramatique de la consommation de charbon; il insiste que ce fait Ă©tait Ă la base de la prĂ©ponderance industrielle britannique et lâune des raisons principales pour lesquelles son expertise Ă©tait si recherchĂ©e Ă lâĂ©tranger. Le rĂÂŽle jouĂ© par lâindividu - de lâinventeur Ă lâadministrateur en passant par les e
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