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The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present.
W. Ashworth,David S. Landes +1 more
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This article is published in The Economic Journal.The article was published on 1970-03-01. It has received 251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Technological change.read more
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Work, industrialisation and politics : a study of the work experience of spinners, coalminers and engineering workers, 1850-1914
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the importance of work experience in explaining the ideology and organisational structure of the labour movement during 1850-1914 and argue that the significance of craft unionism did not lie essentially in the nature of the skill involved, but in the strategy of social action adopted by the union to maintain its interests.
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‘New Imperialism’ and ‘Gentlemanly Capitalism’: did the flag follow trade?
TL;DR: The world in 1900 was a world of empires as discussed by the authors and the European powers together partitioned 10 million square miles in Africa and governed 110 million new subjects, with France and Britain taking the lion's share.
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Prosperity for all? Real adjustment in the MFA complex after Marrakech
TL;DR: More than thirty years after Ludwig Erhard suggested a breathing spell for European textile/clothing (T+C) industries to adjust to new market conditions, the Final Act in Marrakech foresees yet another transitional period before liberalization is achieved as discussed by the authors.
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Liberalism, Imperialism, and the Historical Imagination: Re-imagining a Greater Britain: J. A. Froude: counter-romance and controversy
TL;DR: The spirit of the age had changed and society no longer automatically acceded to individual self-interest when its collective survival was at stake as mentioned in this paper, and the cants of liberty and progress were no longer allowed to pass without question.