Manufactories in Germany: Dedication - Barrie M. Ratcliffe: 6 (Europaeisches Forum) - Softcover

Henderson, W. O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3820482318 ISBN 13: 9783820482317

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, 1985

Synopsis

In eighteenth century Germany goods were produced in manufactories as well as by independent craftsmen and artisans employed by capitalists. The manufactories using tools and manually operated machines foreshadowed in many respects the factories of the nineteenth century. State and local support for the manufactories was aimed at reducing unemployment, maintaining military strength and securing foreign currency. Although not all manufactories were successful they provided a valuable heritage of industrial and commercial skills which were profitable to later entrepreneurs. However, those who - like Karl Marx - considered the manufactories to be a stage in the process of industrialisation have been proved wrong.

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-W.O. Henderson ist ein knapper, doch sachlich wie raumlich uber den ganzen Gegenstand gespannter Uberblick uber "Manufactories" "in Germany" zu danken, der die Grundlinien, deren Struktur wie deren Entwicklung herausarbeitet und faktenreich gut informiert-. (Blatter f. dt. Landesgeschichte)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 3820482318
• ISBN 13: 9783820482317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174