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Introduction to a History of the Factory System (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Cooke-Taylor, Richard Whately

 
9781330315774: Introduction to a History of the Factory System (Classic Reprint)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1330315774 ISBN 13: 9781330315774
Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

How the medieval world set the stage for the factory system This chapter traces the slow, complex rise of manufacturing from local crafts to the large, organized systems that followed. It explains how religious and feudal powers shaped work, trade, and the road to modern industry.


Using examples from European fairs and early workshops, the text shows how markets, guilds, and monasteries kept alive skills and knowledge even during turbulent times. It also discusses how later shifts—like the growth of fairs in Beaucaire and Stourbridge, and the changing patterns of travel and transport—paved the way for more coordinated production and broader trade.



  • The Church’s influence on work, leisure, and charity in medieval economies

  • How fairs and markets connected different crafts and regions, fueling exchange

  • The move from isolated, local production toward more organized manufacture

  • How the idea of a factory emerges as a later development in this long history


Ideal for readers of economic history and anyone curious about how the factory system began and evolved.

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Verlag
Forgotten Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1330315774
ISBN 13 
9781330315774
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
464
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