Artisanal skills, watchmaking, and the Industrial Revolution: Prescot and beyond

The role of skills and human capital during England's Industrial Revolution is the subject of an old but still ongoing debate. This paper contributes to the debate by assessing the artisanal skills of watchmakers and watch tool makers in southwest Lancashire in the eighteenth century and their links to apprenticeship. The flexibility of the training regime and its evolution are discussed, as is the decline of the industry

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Cummins, Neil ; Ó Gráda, Cormac
Publisher:	Dublin : University College Dublin, UCD Centre for Economic Research
Subject:	apprenticeship \| Industrial Revolution

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Series:	UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; WP19/24
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1680857177 [GVK] hdl:10419/228172 [Handle] RePEc:ucn:wpaper:201924 [RePEc]
Classification:	N00 - Economic History. General ; N33 - Europe: Pre-1913
Source:	EconStor

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