Every hour earned its wage: Factory time and the making of modern industrial discipline - Couverture souple

Crosswyn, Nathaniel

 
9783565548620: Every hour earned its wage: Factory time and the making of modern industrial discipline

Synopsis

Before the factory whistle, time belonged to the farmer. After it, time belonged to the machine. Victorian Britain did not merely invent new technologies―it invented a new kind of human being: punctual, obedient, replaceable. This book examines the industrial revolution not as a story of inventors and entrepreneurs but as a system of social control disguised as progress.

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À propos de l'auteur

Specializes in historical investigations covering political intrigue, exploration, and forgotten turning points in world history.

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