Fabrice Bensimon (Professor in historian of the nineteenth century

Artisans Abroad

British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870

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Produktbeschreibung

Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent, where they played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways throughout the Industrial Revolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780198835844
• ISBN-10: 0198835841
• Artikelnr.: 66750180

Autorenporträt

Fabrice Bensimon is a historian of the nineteenth century based at Sorbonne Université.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: 'Taking their labour and art to the best market': The Political
Economy of British Emigration to the Continent
* 2: 'The three pricipal manufactories at Paris are conducted by
Englishmen': The Sectors of Workers' Emigration
* 3: The Gender of Migration: Women, Children, and Textiles across the
Channel
* 4: 'Not one of us [...] is able to speak more than a few words of the
language': Language, Cultural Practices, and Religion
* 5: 'Driven from his native land to seek employment under a foreign
despotism': Associations, Unions, and Continental Chartism
* 6: 'A bas les Anglais!': Integration and Rejection
* Conclusion