The industrial revolution in comparative perspective / edited by Christine Rider and Míchéal Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rider, Christine.

Thompson, Míchéal J., 1953-

Series:

Open forum series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial revolution.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malabar, Fl. : Krieger Publishing, 2000.

Contents:

Part I Preconditions 13

Chapter 1. Literacy and Industrialization in Modern Germany / John E. Murray 17

Chapter 2. "Populationism" and the Social Policy of Austrian Absolutism in the Eighteenth Century / Philip Pajakowski 33

Chapter 3. Preparing for the Industrial Revolution: Sociocultural Changes and the Formation of "Britain" / Micheal Thompson 49

Chapter 4. No Longer an Island: Exploring the Significance of Atlantic Trade to the Industrial Revolution / Robert T. Schultz 69

Part II Processes 85

Chapter 5. Science, Technology, and the Industrial Revolution / Paul Lucier 89

Chapter 6. The Contribution of Technological Diffusion Patterns to British Economic Growth, 1750-1850 / Harry Kitsikopoulos 109

Chapter 7. Tradition and Modernization: State, Society, and the Development of Industry in Eighteenth-Century Russia / Gennady Shkliarevsky 129

Chapter 8. Beyond the "National Consensus": Recent Research on the Origins and Trajectory of Germany's Industrial Revolution / George S. Vascik 147

Part III Consequences 161

Chapter 9. The Standard of Living of English and French Workers, 1750-1850 / Casey Harison 165

Chapter 10. The Debate on the Condition of the Working Class in France circa 1840: A Study in Ideology / James B. Briscoe 179

Chapter 11. Technological Change, Unemployment, and the Late Industrializing Countries: The Example of Japan / Christine Rider 203

Chapter 12. The Industrial Revolution in Comparative Perspective / John Komlos 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.

ISBN:

0894649906

OCLC:

41272925