The British industrial revolution in global perspective

Author/Creator:

Allen, Robert C., 1947-

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The British industrial revolution in global perspective / Robert C. Allen

Series Titles:

New approaches to economic and social history
New approaches to economic and social history.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Industrial revolution--Great Britain
Economic history--1750-1918
Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century
Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy -- I: The pre-industrial economy -- The high-wage economy of pre-industrial Britain -- The agricultural revolution -- The cheap energy economy -- Why England succeeded -- II: The Industrial Revolution -- Why was the Industrial Revolution British? -- The steam engine -- Cotton -- Coke smelting -- Inventors, enlightenment and human capital -- From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth.

Summary:

Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

990033078440302486

ISBN:

0521868270 (hard)
0521687853 (pbk.)
9780521868273 (hard)
9780521687850 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

297147056

Barcode:

010002665160