{"product_id":"industry-in-the-countryside-wealden-society-in-the-sixteenth-century-hardback-9780521445412","title":"Industry in the Countryside; Wealden Society in the Sixteenth Century (Hardback) 9780521445412","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndustry in the Countryside\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWealden Society in the Sixteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the nature of manufacturing before the Industrial Revolution, focusing on one English region - the Kentish Weald.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Zell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521445412, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 March 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  4 maps  42 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.537 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIndustry in the Countryside is a wide-ranging and readable study of the nature of manufacturing before the Industrial Revolution. It examines the widely-debated theory of 'proto-industrialisation', drawing on data from the Kentish Weald - an area which was already a centre of cottage industry in the Tudor era and was also the earliest rural manufacturing region to 'de-industrialise'. The book analyses the Wealden textile industry from its workforce to its industrialists and emphasises the ubiquity of dual employment among textile workers. It explores the local context of cottage industry, investigating the pattern of landholding and inheritance, the local farming regime, and the demographic background to rural industrialisation. Zell outlines what type of local economy became the site of this so-called 'proto-industry' and shows the impact of cottage industry on the people of such regions. He concludes by asking, is there anything in the 'proto-industrialisation' model?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Landholding, inheritance and the local land market\u003cbr\u003e 3. Demographic movements, household structure and geographical mobility\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Wealden agrarian regime\u003cbr\u003e 5. Occupational structure and levels of wealth in the Weald\u003cbr\u003e 6. The textile industry in the Weald\u003cbr\u003e 7. Clothiers and capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Weald and 'proto-industrialisation'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004598702360,"sku":"9780521445412","price":80.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521445412i_e87068ad-a855-45b6-a12b-1731c2f2713c.jpg?v=1691381990","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/industry-in-the-countryside-wealden-society-in-the-sixteenth-century-hardback-9780521445412","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}