Rise of the Manufacturing Town. Birmingham and the Industrial Revolution
Details:
- Author(s) Hopkins, Eric
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 2nd ed; 222pp; illus
- Publisher Sutton Publishing
- Place Published Gloucester
Topics:
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work. First published 1989 as 'Birmingham. The first manufacturing town in the world, 1760-1840'. Provides an overview of the distinctive nature of Birmingham's development as a leading industrial city, in terms of both its economy / industry and its people. Traces its steady progression through improved production methods and expansion of its markets. Structured in three parts: Part 1] 'Mid eighteenth century scene' - 'Birmingham's economy and society in the mid-eighteenth century'; Part 2] 'The economy, 1760-1840' - 'Forces for change' / 'Industrial change' / 'Changes in trade and services'; Part 3] 'The people, 1760-1840' - 'The entrepreneurs' / 'Working condition' / 'Living conditions' / 'The culture of an industrial society - the middle classes, the working classes'. Also touches in passing on button, brass products and toy industries