| Titre | La révolution industrielle, progrès technique ou crise de l'économie de marché ? Le cas des Etats-Unis, 1800-1850 | |
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| Auteur | Pierre Gervais | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 64, mai 1995 Crise et crises. | |
| Page | 9 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
Interpretations of the industrial revolution in the United States have revolved so far around technical or managerial breakthroughs combining with various « pre-conditions » to bring about the contemporary industrial order. But up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, economic agents in a market economy were primarily concerned with controlling that market through cartels and monopolies, and were not necessarily interested in productivity. This paper argues that the rush to increase productivity, and the accompanying technical progress, were solutions developed to answer a growing crisis of political and social institutions increasingly unable to regulate an expanding market economy. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfea_0397-7870_1995_num_64_1_1589 |
