John Harris
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
240
1992
This collection of essays is devoted to the industrial history of England and France in the 18th century and concentrates in particular on transfers of technology between them. There are specific studies of technical transfer in the steel glass and hardware industries and on the place of the skills of the workmen in the diffusion of technology. Industrial espionage too early had its place and one essay investigates why it was resorted to and how it was carried out. In the new introductory chapter John Harris surveys the rise of a new range of technologies in England based on dramatic increase in the use of coal and emphasises that this was basic to British industrial leadership and a main reason for her expertise being desired abroad. Throughout the part played by individuals - from inventors and entrepreneurs to managers ministers and skilled workers - is regarded as essential to the process of industrial development.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
240
1992
This collection of essays is devoted to the industrial history of England and France in the 18th century and concentrates in particular on transfers of technology between them. There are specific studies of technical transfer in the steel glass and hardware industries and on the place of the skills of the workmen in the diffusion of technology. Industrial espionage too early had its place and one essay investigates why it was resorted to and how it was carried out. In the new introductory chapter John Harris surveys the rise of a new range of technologies in England based on dramatic increase in the use of coal and emphasises that this was basic to British industrial leadership and a main reason for her expertise being desired abroad. Throughout the part played by individuals - from inventors and entrepreneurs to managers ministers and skilled workers - is regarded as essential to the process of industrial development.