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Subtitle: An Outline of the Beginnings of the Modern Factory System in
England, Harper Torchbooks, NYC, 1961, trans and reprint from 1928 edition, 528
pgs, index, bibliography, footnotes, maps and charts, paperback
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Reviewer comment
Paul Mantoux was a great French historian living in Switzerland and a friend of
Ludwig von Mises. The original French edition of the book was published around
1907 and the English translation in 1928. This revised edition was published in
1961 with an introduction by T. S. Ashton in which he describes the changes in
historical understanding that has occurred thanks to more research in the past
60 years. But Asthton concludes that the book is still relevant and that it is
a brilliant study that very largely correctly captures the reality of the
Industrial Revolution in England.
The subject is at the center of the historical development that Dr. McCloskey
studies in her three great books on the influence of the
Bourgeoise in the modern world.
The chapter heads outline the subject content. The author describes the
pre-revolutionary background and amount of equipment - machinery - being used
outside factories. He disputes quite a few 'myths' about causes and effects of
various things like coal, or specific 'machines' in the processing of wool and
cotton into finished goods.
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Inroduction
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Part I Preparatory Changes
Chapter One - The Old Type of Industry and Its Evolution
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Chapter Two - Commercial Expansion
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Chapter Three - The Redistribution of the Land
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Part II Inventions and Factories
Chapter One - The Beginnings of Machinery in the Textile Industry -
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Chapter Two - The Factories
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Chapter Three - Coal and Iron
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Chapter Four - The Steam Engine
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Part III The Immediate Consequences
Chapter One - The Factory System and Population
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Chapter Two -=Industrial Capitalism -
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Chapter Three - Industrial Revolution and Labour
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Chapter Four - Intervention and Laissez- Faire
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