EH.R: British restrictions on emigration of skilled workers

Posted Wed, 2005-11-16 20:03 by backend

----------------- EH.RES POSTING ----------------- A source of information on movement of both workers and machinery is David Jeremy, _Transatlantic Industrial Revolution: The Diffusion of Textile Technologies between Britain and America, 1790-1830s_. See especially Part I, "Constraints on the Diffusion of the Technologies," ch. 3, "Private and Public Protection in Britain: Secretiveness, Prohibitory Laws, and Patent Practices." Jonathan J. Liebowitz Department of History University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 USA Tel. 978.934.2530 Fax. 978.934 4054 Jonathan_Liebowitz@uml.edu ------------ FOOTER TO EH.RES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info EH.RES" to lists@eh.net. >