Capitalism and the historians / essays by T.S. Ashton ... ; edited with an introduction by F.A. Hayek.

• The treatment of capitalism by historians / T.S. Ashton -- The anticapitalist bias of American historians / L.M. Hacker -- The treatment of capitalism by continental intellectuals / Bertrand de Jouvenel -- The standard of life of the workers in England, 1790-1830 / T.S. Ashton -- The factory system of the early nineteenth century / W.H. Hutt. 

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Capitalism  (LCSH)

Economic history  -- Historiography (LCSH)

Factory system  -- Great Britain (LCSH)

Working class  -- Great Britain

Klassifikation

330.15 (DDC)

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