| Capitalism and the Historians Contributor(s): Hayek, F. A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226320723 ISBN-13: 9780226320724 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1963 Annotation: The views generally held about the rise of the factory system in Britain derive from highly distorted accounts of the social consequences of that system--so say the distinguished economic historians whose papers make up this book. The authors offer documentary evidence to support their conclusion that under capitalism the workers, despite long hours and other hardships of factory life, were better off financially, had more opportunities, and led a better life than had been the case before the Industrial Revolution. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.122 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.29" W x 8" (0.43 lbs) 196 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Hayek, F. A.: - F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century. He taught at the University of London, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg. |