Behemoth : a history of the factory and the making of the modern world / Joshua B. Freeman.
Behemoth : a history of the factory and the making of the modern world / Joshua B. Freeman.
Behemoth : a history of the factory and the making of the modern world / Joshua B. Freeman.
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Publisher
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
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G 2018/3903
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- "Like Minerva from the brain of Jupiter" : the invention of the factory -- "The living light" : New England textiles and visions of utopia -- "The progress of civilization" : industrial exhibitions, steelmaking, and the price of Prometheanism -- "I worship factories" : Fordism, labor...
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Publisher
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Yet from William Blake's "dark Satanic mills" they have also fueled our fears of the future. Telling the story of the factory, Joshua B. Freeman takes readers from the textile mills in England that powered the Industrial Revolution...
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Behemoth : a history of the factory and the making of the modern world / Joshua B. Freeman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-400) and index.
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G 2018/3903
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74VKVAXgk6dM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAXgk6dM
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ISBN
0393246310 (hardcover)
9780393246315 (hardcover)
DDC
338.64409
MMS ID
991024175113302626
