The First Industrialists The Problem of Origins |
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| Author:
| Crouzet, François
Crouzet, François |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-89677-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.