Theories of

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• Theories of
• technical change

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Neo-classical
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Neo-Smithian (Flexible specialization)
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Neo-Schumpeterian
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Neo-Marxian
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Industrial Revolution

• Revolution in the Manufacture of Textiles
• Revolution in Power
• Steam Power (Railroads and Steam Ships)
• Revolution in Machine Tools
• Revolution in Manufacturing Systems
• American System of Manufacture
• Taylorism
• Fordism

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Manufacture of Textiles
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Manufacture of Textiles
Mule spinning, 1834
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Manufacture of Textiles
North Mill, 1819
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Steam Power
Watts steam engine, 1774
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Steam Power
Typical Victorian mill, 1863
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Machine Tools
Wilkinsons boring machine, 1775
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Machine Tools
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Machine Tools
Ames gunstock lathe, 1857
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New Products
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Taylorism
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Taylorism
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Taylorism
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Fordism

• As an organization of production
• Taylorism transfer line
• As a regime of accumulation
• Intensive accumulation
• As a mode of development
• Mass production mass consumption

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Henry Ford and the First Car
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Fordism
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Fordism
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Fordism
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Ford Motor Company
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Fordism?
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Industrial Revolution

• Textile industry
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• (Steam) Power
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• Machine Tools
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• Markets for mass-products
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• Taylorism and Fordism