200 years and beyond : the changing social, economics and the politics of Britain and America since the Industrial Revolution / Maurice Mullard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullard, Maurice, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Great Britain.

Social change.

Industrial revolution--United States.

Industrial revolution.

Industrial revolution--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2020]

Summary:

"This book examines the changing social political and economics landscapes that continue to shape and define the Britain and America that we know today. The industrial Revolution was defined by technology in cotton spinning, in the building of canals, railways and telegraphy. The intensity of economic change meant changes in social and political expectations from the Chartists seeking to widen the franchise in Britain to Civil War and slavery in America. Social progress ebbs and flows; nothing in history is linear. Strikes were won and lost. Coxey's army marched to show the plight of unemployment as many others would do during the Depression of the 1930s. America had the New Deal and Britain provided social forms of protection to deal with unemployment. The 1950s to 1970s are described as the years of calm waters of fully employment continuing prosperity people buying their first cars their first homes and domestic appliances. Stagflation became the problem for the 1980s of dealing with inflation and revisiting unemployment to new prosperity of the 1990s and the financial meltdown of 2008. People in 2020 have different lived experiences to those of 1820. Yet life in 2020 brings new but different challenges to 1820. The books is aimed at students of history of economics of social change and politics. It is however also aimed at a wider readership as it tries to tell 200 years of history as a journey that continues to shape both countries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The politics and the economics

The Industrial Revolution in Britain

Economics and politics in 19th century America

Politics of resistance in the 19th century

Britain: The inter war years

The Progressive Era in the United States

Britain and the post-war settlement

Politics and economics: The United States in the post war

Breaking with the past: From the Thatcher revolution to new Labour new thinking

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781536187243

1536187240