Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 A portrait of early industrial lives
- 2 The knowledge economy and coal
- 3 Technical knowledge and making cotton king
- 4 Textiles in Leeds
- 5 The puzzle of French retardation I
- 6 The puzzle of French retardation II
- 7 Education and the inculcation of industrial knowledge
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 A portrait of early industrial lives
- 2 The knowledge economy and coal
- 3 Technical knowledge and making cotton king
- 4 Textiles in Leeds
- 5 The puzzle of French retardation I
- 6 The puzzle of French retardation II
- 7 Education and the inculcation of industrial knowledge
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The First Knowledge EconomyHuman Capital and the European Economy, 1750–1850, pp. 247 - 257Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014