Behemoth [electronic resource] : A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
Joshua B. Freeman2018
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on
society.
We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of
advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories
have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William
Blake called them "dark Satanic mills." Many factories that operated over the
last two centuries-such as Homestead, River Rouge, and Foxconn-were known for
the labor exploitation and class warfare they engendered, not to mention the
environmental devastation caused by factory production from the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution up to today.
In a major work of scholarship that is also wonderfully accessible, celebrated
historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it
has reflected both our dreams and our nightmares of industrialization and social
change. He whisks readers from the textile mills in England that powered the...
Main title:
Author:
Joshua B. Freeman, Author
Imprint:
United States : W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (464 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780393246322
Language:
English
BRN:
433816
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |