The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain. Volume 1, Industrialisation, 1700-1860 / edited by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Floud, Roderick, editor.

Johnson, Paul (Paul A.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.

Industrialization--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Industrialization.

Industrialization--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 536 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain provides a readable and comprehensive survey of the economic history of Britain since industrialisation, based on the most up-to-date research into the subject. Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson have assembled a team of fifty leading scholars from around the world to produce a set of volumes which are both a lucid textbook for students and an authoritative guide to the subject. The text pays particular attention to the explanation of quantitative and theory-based enquiry, but all forms of historical research are used to provide a comprehensive account of the development of the British economy. Volume I covers the period 1700-1860 when Britain led the world in the process of industrialisation. It will be an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students in history, economics and other social sciences.

Contents:

Accounting for the Industrial Revolution / Joel Mokyr

Industrial organisation and structure / Pat Hudson

British population during the 'long' eighteenth century, 1680-1840 / E.A. Wrigley

Agriculture during the industrial revolution, 1700-1850 / Robert C. Allen

Industrialisation and technological change / Kristine Bruland

Money, finance and capital markets / Stephen Quinn

Trade: discovery, mercantilism and technology / C. Knick Harley

Government and the economy, 1688-1850 / Ron Harris

Household economy / Jane Humphries

Living standards and the urban environment / Hans-Joachim Voth

Transport / Simon Ville

Education and skill of the British labour force / David Mitch

Consumption in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain / Maxine Berg

Scotland / T.M. Devine

The extractive industries / Roger Burt

The industrial revolution in global perspective / Stanley L. Engerman and Patrick K. O'Brien.

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ISBN:

9781139053853 (ebook)

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