American & British Technology in the Nineteenth Century: The Search for Labour-Saving Inventions
by Habakkuk, H. J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0039
- Title
- American & British Technology in the Nineteenth Century: The Search for Labour-Saving Inventions
- Author
- Habakkuk, H. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- History of Technology, Labor, Economics, Entrepreneurship
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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