Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World [Paperback]

Freemans rich and ambitious Fascinating.&Freeman shows how factories have had an overwhelming influence on the way we work, think, move, play and fight. [A] lively chronicle of the factory.& [Freeman] delves into the nitty-gritty of manufacturing. He successfully melds together those nuggets with social history, on the shop floor and beyond the factory walls. Remarkable.& If you want to know where the world we live in came from, this is a good place to start. You may have no detailed knowledge of factories except that they can be converted into cool lofts. In that case, youll learn much from historian Joshua Freeman. [An] immersive, trivia-packed history. An effortless and engaging guide. Freeman has written a superb account.& Almost every page contains a memorable fact or an intriguing thought. Excellent. Freeman uses the history of the factory as a way to re-examine how workers are treated worldwide. A global tour of three centuries, from English textile mills to Detroit steel plants to Chinese iPhone factories. US