{"product_id":"technology-and-toil-in-nineteenth-century-britain-maxine-berg","title":"Technology and Toil in Nineteenth Century Britain - Maxine Berg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Technology and Toil in Nineteenth Century Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Maxine Berg (editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e CSE Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, January 1979\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0906336031\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good. The covers show visible shelf wear, rubbing, light soiling and creasing, with wear and bumping to the corners and edges. The spine and binding appear intact in the supplied photos. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA documentary history of work, technology and industrial change in nineteenth-century Britain, edited by economic historian Maxine Berg. Drawing on fifty-one contemporary selections, the book examines conflict between workers and managers over mechanisation, division of labour, workplace control, skill, speed-up and the changing organisation of production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources include newspapers, parliamentary enquiries, political pamphlets and industrial reports, with material on agriculture, trades, women’s work, heavy industry, machinery and the emergence of general labour. A useful sourcebook for readers interested in British social and economic history, the Industrial Revolution, labour history and the history of technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CSE Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51316777910495,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/technology-and-toil-maxine-berg-front.jpg?v=1788329254","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/technology-and-toil-in-nineteenth-century-britain-maxine-berg","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}