Arbeitspapier
Artisanal skills, watchmaking, and the Industrial Revolution: Prescot and beyond
The role of skills and human capital during England's Industrial Revolution is the subject of an old but still ongoing debate. This paper contributes to the debate by assessing the artisanal skills of watchmakers and watch tool makers in southwest Lancashire in the eighteenth century and their links to apprenticeship. The flexibility of the training regime and its evolution are discussed, as is the decline of the industry
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP19/24
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: General
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
- Subject
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apprenticeship
Industrial Revolution
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Cummins, Neil
Ó Gráda, Cormac
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Veröffentlichung
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University College Dublin, UCD Centre for Economic Research
- (where)
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Dublin
- (when)
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2019
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Cummins, Neil
- Ó Gráda, Cormac
- University College Dublin, UCD Centre for Economic Research
Time of origin
- 2019
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