'Essays in Industry and Technology in the Eighteenth Century is important particularly in its stress on the significance of craft skills and diffusion in the Industrial Revolution. By publishing this anthology, Harris has made a major and timely contribution to the history of technology.' Edwin T. Layton, Technology and Culture. '...this volume can be highly recommended for the insights it gives into the minutiae of international industrial skulduggery in the 18th century...' History '...Harris has provided a series of reliable and excellently argued case studies which together comprise a commentary on the Industrial Revolution of which any contemporary scholar would be proud' The Newcomen Bulletin

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© à l’histoire industrielle de l’Angleterre 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 l’industrie de l’acier et celle du verre, ainsi que de l’importance de la compĂ©tence des ouvriers quant à la diffusion de la technologie. L’espionage industriel, qui lui aussi a rapidement vu jour, fait le sujet d’un article enquÃÂȘtant sur sa raison d’ÃÂȘtre et les mĂ©thodes employĂ©es. Dans le nouveau chapßtre d’introduction, John Harris Ă©value l’essor d’un nouvel Ă©ventail de technologie en Angleterre, basĂ© sur l’augmentation dramatique de la consommation de charbon; il insiste que ce fait Ă©tait à la base de la prĂ©ponderance industrielle britannique et l’une des raisons principales pour lesquelles son expertise Ă©tait si recherchĂ©e à l’étranger. Le rÎle jouĂ© par l’individu - de l’inventeur à l’administrateur en passant par les e
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A collection of essays which explore various themes, including the transfer of technology between Britain and France and industrial espionage in the 18th century. Also included is a new introduction on coal and technology 1600 - 1800.
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Contents: Introduction; Skills, coal and British industry in the eighteenth century; Saint Gobain and Ravenhead; Attempts to transfer English steel techniques to France in the eighteenth century; Michael Alcock and the transfer of Birmingham technology to France before the Revolution; Industrial espionage in the eighteenth century; Copper and shipping in the eighteenth century; The origins of the St Helens glass industry; Recent research on the Newcomen engine and historical studies; Index.
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ISBN
9780860783152
Publisert
1992-02-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Variorum
Vekt
453 gr
HĂžyde
224 mm
Bredde
150 mm
AldersnivÄ
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
SprÄk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
240

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John Harris