Britain and Europe were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This text examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled manpower and technology which had given Britain the edge, particularly in the new coal-based technologies. Despite the British Act of 1719 which outlawed industrial espionage and technology transfer, France continued to bring key industrial workers from Britain and to acquire British machinery and production methods. Drawing on archival material, John Harris investigates the nature and application of British laws and the attitudes of some major British industrialists to these issues. He also discusses the extent to which French espionage had any real success.
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20 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
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Höhe: 164 mm
Breite: 241 mm
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978-0-85967-827-8 (9780859678278)
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Part 1 The first legislation - causes and implementation: John Law the suborning of English workers and the legislation against industrial espionage; after the first legislation - emigration and intelligence. Part 2 Holkers and Trudaines: John Holker and his patron; Holker, Kay and Badger; other industrial ventures; textiles and vitriol; the successful 1770s; the difficulties of the 1780s. Part 3 Metals and arms: the hardware industry; steel; the metallurgical traveller; attacks on the problem of coke iron - jars to Wilkinson; a tale of two navies; copper sheathing. Part 4 Two other industries - Steam power and glass; the steam engine in France - Newcomen and Watt; glass. Part 5 The transfer of British textile technology in the late 18th-century: the arrival of the water frame and the mule; further textile espionage and the efforts of the bureau of commerce. Part 6 French espionage in 18th-century Britain - an appraisal: a case study in espionage - eccentric and engineer - an industrial spy of the 1780s; laws, actions and attitudes in Britain; the views of great industries; comparisons I - industrial espionage in Britain, France and other nations; comparisons II - the balance of tranfer between Britain and France; French industrial espionage in 18th-century Britain and technology transfer; evaluation.
