Culture Change and the New Technology or Reforming Financial Systems

Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era

Author: Paul A A Shackel

Harpers Ferry was one of America's earliest and most significant industrial communities - serving as an excellent example of the changing patterns of human relations that led to dramatic progress in work life and in domestic relations in modern times. In this well-illustrated book, Paul A. Shackel investigates the historical archaeology of Harpers Ferry, revealing the culture change and influence of new technology on workers and their families. He focuses on the contributions of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups to industrial progress, and examines ethnic and interracial development in an economy that was transformed from craft-based to industrial.

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Investigates the rise of industry at Harper's Ferry, now in West Virginia, during the 19th century and its impact on working life and domestic relations. Examines the shift of the economy from craft-based to industry-based, the establishment of the national armory that was raided by abolitionist John Brown, and the contribution to economic development of laborers, craftsmen, and other subordinate groups. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction. Industry and Interpreting the Past	1
Ch. 1	"At the Mercy of the Capitalist"	17
Ch. 2	"The Most Eligible Spot on the Whole River": Harpers Ferry - The Early Years	27
Ch. 3	"Under a Malign Influence": Factory Discipline, Political Factionalism, Corruption, and the New Technology	59
Ch. 4	"Their Little Gardens": Landscapes in an Armory Town	87
Ch. 5	"Customs and Habits Interwoven with the Very Fibers of Things": Consumerism among Armory Households	111
Ch. 6	"Oh! Let Oppression's Hand Be Stay'd": The Transformation from Craft to Wage Labor	147
Ch. 7	"Home ...! Refuge from Sadness"	163
App	Interviews with Armory Workers, 1842	177
	References	191
	Index	213

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Reforming Financial Systems: Historical Implications for Policy

Author: Gerard Caprio

This volume summarizes the key lessons of financial history for emerging market and developing economies, mostly drawn from when OECD economies themselves were industrializing and did not possess the checks, balances, and supervisory capabilities they have today. The topics include the role of central banks, debates on how to make banking secure and sound, the relative efficiency of universal banking (compared with the Anglo-American commercial banking model), and the role of savings banks, nonbanks, and securities markets in development.