Deutsche Geschichte: Anhang. Bibliographie. Register

Deutsche Geschichte (Bd. 5, Hälfte 1)

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Deutsche Geschichte

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Gaertner

Year of publication:: 1891-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 189207334X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-234945

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Anhang. Bibliographie. Register

Volume count:: Bd. 12 = Schlußbd.

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Weidmann

Year of publication:: 1909

Scope:: VIII, 439 S.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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96 PARLIAMENTARY COLBERTISM devoted themselves, the linen industry was one for which the materials could be provided in Ireland and Scotland, and it came to be completely naturalised ; but raw silk and cotton wool were, and continued to be, foreign products. The very existence of such textile manufactures is dependent on the maintenance of intercourse with distant lands. The rapid increase of English commerce gave enlarged opportunities of procuring materials, so that there was room for steady, and eventually for rapid development. The de- The fact that English industry was becoming dependent pendence . . . of industry for its markets, and to some extent for its materials, on 7 irae distant countries, involved the intervention of capitalists in md for, an increasing degree. The capitalist merchant was called upon to serve as an intermediary between the English weaver and the purchaser in foreign parts, and to procure the materials which were necessary for the prosecution of certain trades. The judgment of the employer was required to maintain the honesty of the materials and workmanship, and to decide on the fashion and quality of goods which it was best worth while to produce. In the old days of gild regula- tion, or of the activity of aulnagers and searchers, and under the system of well-ordered trade, there had been little room for the personal skill and judgment of an employer. But in pavean the eighteenth century, there was full scope for the exercise impulse to . a . 2 he inter- of these business qualities, and industry could not flourish or vention of expand unless they were brought into play. The opening of distant markets for English manufactures did not always bring about an increased production?, but it necessarily affected the character of the industrial system. There was greater scope for supervision by masters, and employment in the textile trades was apt to pass from small independent manufacturers to wage-earners. The eighteenth century commercial system led, not so much to the expansion of industry, as to the development of the class of capitalist employers, whom Adam Smith criticised and the Manchester School admired. This sort of modification in the economic relationships of those who are co-operating in the work of producing some article for the market, may proceed very 1 The limitation of the supply of materials rendered this impossible.

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