The Industrial Revolution and Work in Nineteenth Century Europe

The Industrial Revolution is a central concept in conventional understandings of the modern world, and as such is a core topic on many history courses. It is therefore difficult for students to see it as anything other than an objective description of a crucial turning-point, yet a generation of social and labour history has revealed the inadequacies of the Industrial Revolution as a way of conceptualizing economic change. This book provides students with access to recent upheavals in scholarly debate by bringing a selection of previously published articles, by leading scholars and teachers, together in one volume, accompanied by explanatory notes. The editor's introduction also provides a synthesis and overview of the topic. As the revision of historical thought is a continual process, this volume seeks to bring the reinterpretation of such debates as working-class formation up to the present by introducing post-structuralist and feminist perspectives.

• | Author: Lenard R. Berlanstein
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 05, 1992
• | Number of Pages: 196 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0415070538
• | ISBN-13: 9780415070539