American & British Technology in the Nineteenth Century: The Search for Labour-Saving Inventions
por Habakkuk, H. J
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Very Good
- Livreiro
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967. Discussion of the economics of implementing mechanical aids to labor, and the contrast in technological development between the United States and Great Britain in the first half of the 19th century; the author argues scarcity of workers led to greater technological advances in the States. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated second printing, first published five years earlier. Light wear to book, ink name & date; both corners of front jacket flap clipped - likely the British & US prices; minor rubbing & smudging to jacket. Text clean; [10], 222 pages; index.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Livreiro
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- v0039
- Título
- American & British Technology in the Nineteenth Century: The Search for Labour-Saving Inventions
- Autor
- Habakkuk, H. J
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Edição
- Second Printing
- Editorial
- Cambridge University Press
- Local de publicação
- Cambridge
- Data de publicação
- 1967
- Palavras-chave
- History of Technology, Labor, Economics, Entrepreneurship
- Size
- Octavo
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