From Ford to Foxconn: A History of Factories
What did Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, and Herman Melville think of the first factories? Find out.
March 23, 201818m 44s
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Show Notes
Look around you: at your computer, your phone, your water bottle, or the books on your desk. Chances are, all of these things were made in a factory. Factories fuel the modern world. And they’ve shaped our society - from politics, to work, to leisure. Joshua Freeman, author of Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World, walks us through the history of the factory, and how it still impacts our daily lives.