Marguerite W. Dupree
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204008
- eISBN:
- 9780191676079
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204008.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the ‘relative autonomy’ and the flexibility of the relationship between family ties and work at the level of the neighbourhood, the factory, and the individual potter. Since ...
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This chapter discusses the ‘relative autonomy’ and the flexibility of the relationship between family ties and work at the level of the neighbourhood, the factory, and the individual potter. Since the enumeration district of Etruria and the pottery firm of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons can be considered as a replacement for the Potteries, it is viewed as an appropriate place to examine the applicability of the Potteries to the wide-ranging paternalism of individual factory employers. It is also seen as the central place of the employment of family members in connecting employer influence and employer-worker reciprocity, both inside and outside the factory.Less
This chapter discusses the ‘relative autonomy’ and the flexibility of the relationship between family ties and work at the level of the neighbourhood, the factory, and the individual potter. Since the enumeration district of Etruria and the pottery firm of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons can be considered as a replacement for the Potteries, it is viewed as an appropriate place to examine the applicability of the Potteries to the wide-ranging paternalism of individual factory employers. It is also seen as the central place of the employment of family members in connecting employer influence and employer-worker reciprocity, both inside and outside the factory.
John O’brien
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226291123
- eISBN:
- 9780226291260
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226291260.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
The first abolitionist movement of the 1780s and 90s was aimed at breaking the power of what Thomas Clarkson called the “bodies of men,” the corporate entities that ran the transatlantic slave trade. ...
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The first abolitionist movement of the 1780s and 90s was aimed at breaking the power of what Thomas Clarkson called the “bodies of men,” the corporate entities that ran the transatlantic slave trade. Clarkson’s unconscious use of the metaphor of the body when talking about the trade in human bodies suggests a curious homology between the abolitionist movement and the slave trade. This chapter takes the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded by Clarkson and others, as a corporate body in its own right, one that took the form of the entities like the Royal African Company that it was attacking. Reading abolitionist texts by writers like Clarkson, William Cowper, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, and Olaudah Equiano, the chapter worries the question of the extent to which the interest that such texts attempted to inspire in readers could be analogized to the corporate interest of those who aimed to profit from the slave trade.Less
The first abolitionist movement of the 1780s and 90s was aimed at breaking the power of what Thomas Clarkson called the “bodies of men,” the corporate entities that ran the transatlantic slave trade. Clarkson’s unconscious use of the metaphor of the body when talking about the trade in human bodies suggests a curious homology between the abolitionist movement and the slave trade. This chapter takes the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded by Clarkson and others, as a corporate body in its own right, one that took the form of the entities like the Royal African Company that it was attacking. Reading abolitionist texts by writers like Clarkson, William Cowper, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, and Olaudah Equiano, the chapter worries the question of the extent to which the interest that such texts attempted to inspire in readers could be analogized to the corporate interest of those who aimed to profit from the slave trade.
Joe Carlen
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780231173049
- eISBN:
- 9780231542814
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231173049.003.0008
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History
The Industrial Revolution that began in 18th-century Britain would, in fairly short order, transform Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world irreversibly. This momentous change ...
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The Industrial Revolution that began in 18th-century Britain would, in fairly short order, transform Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world irreversibly. This momentous change would compel government, church, and other institutions to make unprecedented and often reluctant adjustments to the social structure. These entities were reacting to a revolution but who actually instigated it? Savvy and inventive British entrepreneurs did—the “captains” of new industries. Many of these remarkable figures and their often unintended impact on the world around them are discussed in this chapter.Less
The Industrial Revolution that began in 18th-century Britain would, in fairly short order, transform Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world irreversibly. This momentous change would compel government, church, and other institutions to make unprecedented and often reluctant adjustments to the social structure. These entities were reacting to a revolution but who actually instigated it? Savvy and inventive British entrepreneurs did—the “captains” of new industries. Many of these remarkable figures and their often unintended impact on the world around them are discussed in this chapter.
Daniel Halliday
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- March 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198803355
- eISBN:
- 9780191841545
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198803355.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter focuses on the utilitarian preoccupation with regulating inheritance tax proposals according to their incentive effects. The chapter begins by extending the discussion of John Stuart ...
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This chapter focuses on the utilitarian preoccupation with regulating inheritance tax proposals according to their incentive effects. The chapter begins by extending the discussion of John Stuart Mill. Special attention is then paid to Eugenio Rignano’s proposal to make inheritance tax ‘progressive over time’. The core idea of the Rignano scheme is to impose higher tax liabilities on inheritance that comes from prior inheritance or, in other words, to tax second-generation inheritance at a higher rate than first-generation. The main aim in the chapter is to identify the extent to which this proposal draws strength from the utilitarian commitments that motivated it, while also having some independent appeal. This distinction is articulated partly through evaluating some criticisms of the Rignano scheme that proved influential between the world wars, when the proposal enjoyed some prominence.Less
This chapter focuses on the utilitarian preoccupation with regulating inheritance tax proposals according to their incentive effects. The chapter begins by extending the discussion of John Stuart Mill. Special attention is then paid to Eugenio Rignano’s proposal to make inheritance tax ‘progressive over time’. The core idea of the Rignano scheme is to impose higher tax liabilities on inheritance that comes from prior inheritance or, in other words, to tax second-generation inheritance at a higher rate than first-generation. The main aim in the chapter is to identify the extent to which this proposal draws strength from the utilitarian commitments that motivated it, while also having some independent appeal. This distinction is articulated partly through evaluating some criticisms of the Rignano scheme that proved influential between the world wars, when the proposal enjoyed some prominence.
John G. T. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780520273764
- eISBN:
- 9780520954458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520273764.003.0010
- Subject:
- Biology, Natural History and Field Guides
In which we examine the life of Charles Darwin from his birth in Shrewsbury, through his schooling at Edinburgh and Cambridge, the voyage of the Beagle, and the years leading up to and following his ...
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In which we examine the life of Charles Darwin from his birth in Shrewsbury, through his schooling at Edinburgh and Cambridge, the voyage of the Beagle, and the years leading up to and following his publication of the Origin of Species. Emphasis is placed on the teachers and authors who influenced Darwin’s thinking as he developed his theory, his circle of family and friends, and the landscapes that are reflected in his writing. Darwin and the Darwinian period are presented as the epitome of natural history.Less
In which we examine the life of Charles Darwin from his birth in Shrewsbury, through his schooling at Edinburgh and Cambridge, the voyage of the Beagle, and the years leading up to and following his publication of the Origin of Species. Emphasis is placed on the teachers and authors who influenced Darwin’s thinking as he developed his theory, his circle of family and friends, and the landscapes that are reflected in his writing. Darwin and the Darwinian period are presented as the epitome of natural history.
John G. T. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780520273764
- eISBN:
- 9780520954458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520273764.003.0009
- Subject:
- Biology, Natural History and Field Guides
In which we examine the origins of Darwinian biology through an examination of both the background of late eighteenth-century science and the scientists and inventors who populated the period. These ...
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In which we examine the origins of Darwinian biology through an examination of both the background of late eighteenth-century science and the scientists and inventors who populated the period. These included the French encyclopedist Buffon; Lamarck, the popularizer of the “inheritance of acquired characters” and Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. There is also discussion of the Lunar Society and its members’ importance in the rise of industrial Britain, science, and the Darwin family fortune.Less
In which we examine the origins of Darwinian biology through an examination of both the background of late eighteenth-century science and the scientists and inventors who populated the period. These included the French encyclopedist Buffon; Lamarck, the popularizer of the “inheritance of acquired characters” and Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. There is also discussion of the Lunar Society and its members’ importance in the rise of industrial Britain, science, and the Darwin family fortune.
