It was only in the wake of the industrial revolution (circa 1760-1830) that much important legal reform was enacted: before the mid-nineteenth century the law of patents, insolvency, and bankruptcy did little to encourage risk-taking... MacLeod, Christine - 《Technology & Culture》 被引量: ...
For the first century or so.of the industrial revolution, increased productivity led to decreases in working hours. Employees who had been putting in 12-hour days, six days a week, found their time on the job shrinking to 10 hours daily, then, finally, to eight hours, five days a week...
The Industrial Revolution led to the formation of a clear regional specialization in terms of production in England.Northwestern England developed into a modern industrial area,where the secondary industry sector was the main sector.London and its periphery in southeastern England developed mainly ...
A. the London Working Men’s Association B. the British Steel Corporation C. the activists in the Chartist Movement D. the Trade Union 单项选择题 Those who tried to destroy the hated machines during the English Industrial Revolution were called ___. A. ...
___A roadsB bathsC religionD language 第3题 单选题 (1分) The feudalism was ended by ___ A the Wars of RosesB the Hundred Years WarC the English Civil WarD the Glorious Revolution 第4题 单选题 (1分) Under ___, the feudal system in England was completely established. A HenryⅡB W...
500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal (煤) was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty. About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution (工业革命) began in...
industrial world and not the birth of a modern democratic society. For Mokyr the industrial revolution, with its emphasis on technological creativity, was rooted in a belief in the reason of the Enlightenment, the Industrial Enlightenment.[3]...
During the Gilded Age—the decades between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the turn of the century—the explosive growth of factories, steel mills and railroads driven by the Second Industrial Revolution made a small, elite class of businessmen incredibly rich. By 1890, the wealthiest 1...
They can teach you a lot about how people used to live and what society was like in the past. Novels like Hard Times by Charles Dickens remind us of the poverty in London during the Industrial Revolution while Jane Austen's fiction shows us what family life was like in...
The senior management relocated themselves to financial capitals such as London, New York, Tokyo, and Mumbai to attract institutional investors including those who managed large pension plans. In the process, shareholders and traders became the focal stakeholders. This was compounded by the economic ...