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Andrew Ure (1778-1857) was a professor at the University of Glasgow and an enthusiast for the Industrial Revolution's new systems of manufacturing.
As we know, a consequence of these new developments was the redundancy of many workers, just as we are experiencing today with 'downsizing' and 'reengineering'. This study details the creation of the general education system as an answer to the need for less self-willed and intractable workmen, which were unfit to become "components of a mechanical system".
In our times of permanent technological revolution, this is an excellent insight into the roots of industrial progress. Understanding rural workers' shock and their need to readapt to a new urban, factorial reality, and the white collar workers' dilemma of social security or entrepreneurship is achieved by this fascinating and important book.
Contents
Preface, BOOK THE FIRST. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANUFACTURES, CHAPTER I. General View of Manufacturing Industry, CHAPTER II. Arrangement and Connexion of Manufactures, CHAPTER III. Topography and Statistics of the Factory System, BOOK THE SECOND. SCIENTIFIC ECONOMY OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM, CHAPTER I. Examination of the Textile Fibres,-Cotton, Wool, Flax, and Silk, CHAPTER II. Nature, &c. of a Cotton Factory, CHAPTER III. Worsted Manufacture-General Observations on Wool, CHAPTER IV. Nature and Operations of a Woollen-Factory.-Of the Short Wool or Cloth Manufacture, CHAPTER V. Nature and Operations of a Flax-Factory, CHAPTER VI. Nature and Operations of a Silk-Factory, BOOK THE THIRD. MORAL ECONOMY OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM, CHAPTER I. Condition of our Factory Operatives, as to Personal Comforts, compared to that of other Labouring Classes; or the Quantity and Quality of their Work considered, relatively to the means of Enjoyment which it can procure.-History of the Discontents, Prejudices, and Legislation on this subject, CHAPTER II. Health of Factory Inmates, CHAPTER III. State of Knowledge and Religion in the Factories, BOOK THE FOURTH, Commercial Economy of the Factory System, Notes, APPENDIX: Relative Ages, Sexes, and Wages of Factory Workpeople, General Statistical Table of the Textile Manufactures, subject to the Factories Regulation Act
