The Genesis of Modern Management: A Study of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. By Sidney Pollard. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1965. Pp. 328. $7.95.

1966 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-383
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Modern Management

Periphery, Modernity and the Discovery of Wales in Travel Writing in German from 1790 to 1850

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-154
Author(s):  
Kathryn N. Jones ◽  
Carol Tully ◽  
Heather Williams
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Napoleonic Wars ◽  
British Isles ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Impact

This was a period of discovery, with many German-speaking travellers exploring the notion of Wales from a position of ignorance. Consequently, Wales is framed as a peripheral ‘other’ throughout, but nevertheless gradually establishes a presence in the German understanding of the British Isles. This is underpinned by a deeply conflicted reading. Some writers focus on an exoticized, Romanticized Wales which is also seen to be colonized and threatened by its dominant neighbour. Other works highlight the impact, but also the desirability of encroaching modernity in the shape of industry and tourism. Most of these travellers are drawn by sublime landscapes and ancient ruins, as well as developments in mining and infrastructure. Writers adopt different prisms through which to observe Wales but as time goes on, these begin to merge as the beginnings of a recognisable tourist trail develop. Central throughout, however, is an ongoing critique of the English domination of Wales, often described explicitly in colonial terms. This serves to undermine the image of England (as a cipher for Great Britain) as a paradigmatic locus of progressive ideals for the German-speaking lands in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and on the brink of industrial revolution.

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