The British industrial revolution in global perspective / Robert C. Allen.
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TextSeries: New approaches to economic and social historyPublication details: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xi, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521687850 (pbk.); 9780521868273 (hbk.)Subject(s): Industrial revolution -- Great Britain | Economic history -- 1750-1918 | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 330.941/073 LOC classification: HC254.5 | .A663 2009Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-312) and index.
1. The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy -- 2. The high wage economy of pre-industrial Britain -- 3. The agricultural revolution -- 4. The cheap energy economy -- 5. Why England succeeded -- 6. Why was the Industrial Revolution British -- 7. The steam engine -- 8. Cotton -- 9. Coke smelting -- 10. Inventors, Enlightenment, and human capital -- 11. From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth.
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