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"Thomas Hodgskin (1787-1869) is today a largely unknown figure, sometimes considered to be a forerunner of Karl Marx. Yet a closer look at Hodgskin's works reveals that he was actually a committed advocate of laissez-faire economics and enthusiastic about labor-saving machinery and the Industrial Revolution, with a genuine interest in the well-being of the working classes. This book places him in the tradition of classical liberalism, where he belongs-as a disciple of Adam Smith, but even less tolerant of government power than Smith was. The Economic Thought of Thomas Hodgskin will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in the history of economic thought, economic history and the history of political thought"--
Economics --- Liberalism --- Working class --- History --- Economic conditions --- Hodgskin, Thomas, --- Knowledge --- Economic schools --- Hodgskin, Thomas --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Employment --- Labourer, --- Economics. --- Economics - History - 19th century --- Liberalism - History - 19th century --- Working class - Economic conditions - History - 19th century --- Hodgskin, Thomas, - 1787-1869 - Knowledge - Economics --- Hodgskin, Thomas, - 1787-1869
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"Richard Gebhart traces the Atlantic-bound voyages of Great Lakes ships, recovering the voices of long-ago ship captains, along with their cargo manifests and itineraries. Drawing on research in old newspapers and maritime archives, he traces the construction of new ships and shipyards, the comings and goings and travails of the lakes' workhorses, and makes a visit to a boneyard where many ships ended their lives. Among many other lost tales, Gebhart brings back to light the rise of oil tankers, marking the great twentieth-century energy transition in shipping"--
Sailing ships--Great Lakes (North America)--19th century--History. --- Steamboats--Great Lakes (North America)--History--20th century. --- Steamboats--Great Lakes (North America)--History--19th century. --- Tankers--Great Lakes (North America)--History--20th century. --- Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)--History--20th century. --- Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)--History--19th century. --- Shipping--Atlantic Ocean--History--19th century. --- Shipping--Atlantic Ocean--History--20th century. --- Sailing ships --- Steamboats --- Tankers --- History. --- History
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Industrialization --- History --- Germany --- Economic conditions --- History of Germany and Austria --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1910-1919 --- Industrialization - Germany - History - 19th century. --- Germany - Economic conditions - 19th century. --- Industrial development --- Economic development --- Economic policy --- Deindustrialization --- agricultural revolution. --- demographic transition. --- guilds. --- human capital. --- modern economic growth. --- old regime. --- protoindustrialization. --- railroads. --- zollverein. --- 331.100 --- Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden --- E-books
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