Publications
Selected publications
- The British industrial revolution and the ideological revolution: Science, Neoliberalism and History (Journal article - 2014)
- The Ghost of Rostow: Science, Culture and the British Industrial Revolution (Journal article - 2008)
- Customs and Excise: Trade, Production and Consumption in England, 1640-1845 (Book - 2003)
- ‘System of terror’: Samuel Bentham, accountability and dockyard reform during the Napoleonic Wars∗ (Journal article - 1998)
- The Industrial Revolution: The State, Knowledge and Global Trade (Book - 2017)
- The Trinity Circle Anxiety, Intelligence, and Knowledge Creation in Nineteenth-Century England (Book - 2021)
- Memory, Efficiency, and Symbolic Analysis: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and the Industrial Mind (Journal article - 1996)
- The calculating eye": Baily, Herschel, Babbage and the business of astronomy (Journal article - 1994)
2023
History of textiles and the Congruence Engine
Ashworth, W. J. (n.d.). History of textiles and the Congruence Engine. Science Museum Group Journal, 18(18). doi:10.15180/221815
2021
Emulation, Wealth and Civilisation: Works on the History of Trade and Industry in Early Modern England
Ashworth, W. J. (2021). Emulation, Wealth and Civilisation: Works on the History of Trade and Industry in Early Modern England. In Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilisation (pp. 151-179). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80087-1_5
The Trinity Circle Anxiety, Intelligence, and Knowledge Creation in Nineteenth-Century England
Ashworth, W. J. (2021). The Trinity Circle Anxiety, Intelligence, and Knowledge Creation in Nineteenth-Century England. University of Pittsburgh Press.
2019
William Whewell, Fundamental Ideas and Gothic Architecture
Ashworth, W. J. (2019). William Whewell, Fundamental Ideas and Gothic Architecture. Studies in Victorian Architecture and Design.
2018
Labor and the alternative economy in Britain, 1660 to 1842
Ashworth, W. J. (2018). Labor and the alternative economy in Britain, 1660 to 1842. In T. M. Safley (Ed.), Labor Before the Industrial Revolution. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781351251082-11
The Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850
Ashworth, W. J. (2018). The Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES, 57(4), 851-852. doi:10.1017/jbr.2018.126
2017
The Industrial Revolution: The State, Knowledge and Global Trade
Ashworth, W. J. (2017). The Industrial Revolution: The State, Knowledge and Global Trade (First ed.). London: Bloomsbury. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-industrial-revolution-9781474286183/
Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain
Ashworth, W. J. (2017). Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain. HISTORY TODAY, 67(8), 100. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2016
The Impact of Transatlantic Trade on the Commercialization of England, 1660-1700
Ashworth, W. J. (2016). The Impact of Transatlantic Trade on the Commercialization of England, 1660-1700. In Garner, & Richter (Eds.), Wolfenbutteter Arbeiten zur Bacockforschung Vol. 54 (pp. 33-48). Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Library.
Power to the People: energy in Europe over the last five centuries
Ashworth, W. J. (2016). Power to the People: energy in Europe over the last five centuries. SOCIAL HISTORY, 41(2), 229-231. doi:10.1080/03071022.2016.1148355
The Demise of Regulation and Rise of Political Economy: Taxation, Industry and Fiscal Pressure in Britain 1763-1815
Ashworth, W. J. (2016). The Demise of Regulation and Rise of Political Economy: Taxation, Industry and Fiscal Pressure in Britain 1763-1815. In P. R. Rössner (Ed.), Economic Growth and the Origins of Modern Political Economy: Economic reasons of state, 1500–2000 (pp. 122-136). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/
2014
The British industrial revolution and the ideological revolution: Science, Neoliberalism and History
Ashworth, W. J. (2014). The Industrial Revolution and the Ideological Revolution: Science, Neoliberalism and History. History of Science: review of literature and research, 52(2), 178-199. doi:10.1177/0073275314529860
Commentary: Expertise and authority in the Royal Navy, 1800–1945
Ashworth, W. J. (2014). Commentary: Expertise and authority in the Royal Navy, 1800–1945. Journal for Maritime Research, 16(1), 103-116. doi:10.1080/21533369.2014.906146
Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World
Ashworth, W. J. (2014). Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World. SOCIAL HISTORY, 39(1), 121-123. doi:10.1080/03071022.2013.872924
2012
Industrialization
Ashworth, W. J. (2012). Industrialization. Oxford Online Bibliography.
2011
Dierdre N. McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern
Ashworth, W. J. (2011). Dierdre N. McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern. Unknown Journal, 53(4), 656-659.
2010
"Quality and the Roots of Manufacturing 'Expertise' in Eighteenth Century Britain"
Ashworth, W. J. (2010). "Quality and the Roots of Manufacturing 'Expertise' in Eighteenth Century Britain". OSIRIS, 25, 231-254.
"Smuggling in the Eighteenth Century"
Ashworth, W. J. (2010). "Smuggling in the Eighteenth Century". BBC History Magazine, 8, 46-51.
2009
Jennifer Karns Alexander, The Mantra of efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Ashworth, W. J. (2009). Jennifer Karns Alexander, The Mantra of efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control. Unknown Journal, Xliv, 183-185.
Martin Daunton, State and Market in Victorian Britain: War, Welfare and Capitalism,
Ashworth, W. J. (2009). Martin Daunton, State and Market in Victorian Britain: War, Welfare and Capitalism,. Unknown Journal, 62, 488-489.
Measurement
Ashworth, W. J. (2009). Measurement. In A. Iriye, & P. Y. Saunier (Eds.), The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History (pp. 701-706). Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy
Ashworth, W. J. (2009). Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy. Unknown Journal, 50, 705-706.
Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, Chicago, 2008
Ashworth, W. J. (2009). Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, Chicago, 2008. Unknown Journal, 50, 705-706.
Taxation in Colonial America, Princeton, 2008
Rabushka, A. (2009). Taxation in Colonial America, Princeton, 2008. Unknown Journal, 10, 875-876.
2008
The Ghost of Rostow: Science, Culture and the British Industrial Revolution
Ashworth, W. J. (2008). The Ghost of Rostow: Science, Culture and the British Industrial Revolution. History of Science, 46(3), 249-274. doi:10.1177/007327530804600301
"Revenue, Production and the early-Modern English/British State"
Ashworth, W. J. (2008). "Revenue, Production and the early-Modern English/British State". In S. Cavaciocchi (Ed.), Fiscal Systems in the European Economy from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries (pp. 1045-1055). Florence: Datini.
Chris Evans and Goran Ryden, Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century
Ashworth, W. J. (2008). Chris Evans and Goran Ryden, Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century. Unknown Journal, 61, 732-733.
The Analytical Society 1812-13
Ashworth, W. J. (2008). The Analytical Society 1812-13. In H. C. G. Matthew (Ed.), Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliography (pp. 1-2). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2007
S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles 1648-1834
Ashworth, W. J. (2007). S. D. Smith, Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles 1648-1834. Unknown Journal, 60, 403-404.
The Intersection of industry and the state in eighteenth-century Britain
Ashworth, W. J. (2007). The Intersection of industry and the state in eighteenth-century Britain. In L. Roberts, S. Schaffer, & P. Dear (Eds.), The Mindful Hand: Sites, Artefacts and the Rise of Modern Science and Technology (pp. 349-377). Chicago: University of Chicago.
2006
Eric Ash, Power, Knowledge and Expertise in Elizabethan England
Ashworth, W. J. (2006). Eric Ash, Power, Knowledge and Expertise in Elizabethan England. Unknown Journal, 47, 188-190.
Steven Ruskin, John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire
Ashworth, W. J. (2006). Steven Ruskin, John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire. Unknown Journal, 97, 175-176.
2005
R.D. Connor and A.D.C. Simpson ed., Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective
Ashworth, W. J. (2005). R.D. Connor and A.D.C. Simpson ed., Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective. Unknown Journal, 46, 640-642.
2004
Metrology and the state: science, revenue, and commerce.
Ashworth, W. J. (2004). Metrology and the state: science, revenue, and commerce.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 306(5700), 1314-1317. doi:10.1126/science.1102551
Practical objectivity: The excise, state, and production in eighteenth century England
Ashworth, W. J. (2004). Practical objectivity: The excise, state, and production in eighteenth century England. Social Epistemology, 18(2-3), 181-197. doi:10.1080/0269172042000249282
Industry and Transport
Ashworth, W. J. (2004). Industry and Transport. In C. Williams (Ed.), Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth Century Britain (pp. 346-358). Oxford: Blackwell.
Michael Hoskin, The Herschel Partnership as Viewed by Caroline Herschel and Michael Hoskin, Caroline Herschel's Autobiographies
Ashworth, W. J. (2004). Michael Hoskin, The Herschel Partnership as Viewed by Caroline Herschel and Michael Hoskin, Caroline Herschel's Autobiographies. Unknown Journal, 37, ??.
2003
Customs and Excise: Trade, Production and Consumption in England, 1640-1845
Ashworth, W. (2003). Customs and Excise: Trade, Production and Consumption in England, 1640-1845. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
England and the Machinery of Reason, 1780-1830
Ashworth, W. J. (2003). England and the Machinery of Reason, 1780-1830. In I. Morus (Ed.), Bodies/Machines (pp. 39-65). Oxford: Berg.
2002
Alex Hebra, Measure for Measure: The Story of Imperial, Metric, and other Units
Ashworth, W. J. (2002). Alex Hebra, Measure for Measure: The Story of Imperial, Metric, and other Units. Unknown Journal, 45, 438-439.
2001
Between the Trader and the Public: British Alcohol Standards and the Proof of Good Governance
Ashworth, W. J. (2001). Between the Trader and the Public: British Alcohol Standards and the Proof of Good Governance. Technology and Culture, 42(1), 27-50.
Bruce Collier and James MacLachlan, Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection
Ashworth, W. J. (2001). Bruce Collier and James MacLachlan, Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection. Unknown Journal, 93, 127-128.
2000
'England and the machinery of reason, 1780-1830 '
Ashworth, W. (2000). 'England and the machinery of reason, 1780-1830 '. Canadian Journal of History, 35, 2-36.
1999
Michael J. Crowe, David R. Dyck and James R. Kevin eds., A Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel
Ashworth, W. J. (1999). Michael J. Crowe, David R. Dyck and James R. Kevin eds., A Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel. Unknown Journal, ?(?), ??.
1998
John Herschel, George Airy, and the Roaming Eye of the State
Ashworth, W. J. (1998). John Herschel, George Airy, and the Roaming Eye of the State. History of Science, 36(2), 151-178. doi:10.1177/007327539803600202
‘System of terror’: Samuel Bentham, accountability and dockyard reform during the Napoleonic Wars∗
Ashworth, W. J. (1998). ‘System of terror’: Samuel Bentham, accountability and dockyard reform during the Napoleonic Wars∗. Social History, 23(1), 63-79. doi:10.1080/03071029808568020
1997
Labour harder than thrashing": John Flamsteed, property and intellectual labour in early nineteenth century England
Ashworth, W. J. (1997). Labour harder than thrashing": John Flamsteed, property and intellectual labour in early nineteenth century England. In F. Wilmoth (Ed.), Flamsteed's Stars: New Perspectives on the Life and Work of the First Astronomer Royal, 1649-1719 (pp. 215-230). Rochester: Boydell and Brewer.
1996
Memory, Efficiency, and Symbolic Analysis: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and the Industrial Mind
Ashworth, W. J. (1996). Memory, Efficiency, and Symbolic Analysis: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and the Industrial Mind. Isis, 87(4), 629-653. doi:10.1086/357650
1994
The calculating eye": Baily, Herschel, Babbage and the business of astronomy
Ashworth, W. J. (1994). The calculating eye": Baily, Herschel, Babbage and the business of astronomy. British Journal for the History of Science, 27(4), 401-444.
1992
Richard Yeo, Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain
Ashworth, W. J. (1992). Richard Yeo, Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain. Unknown Journal, 50(2), 260-262.