The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Robert C. Allen is Professor of Economic History at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College. His books include Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands! 1450-1850 (1992)! and Farm to Factory: A Re-interpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (2003)! both of which won the Ranki Prize of the Economic History Association. Klappentext This landmark global economic history explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain by highlighting the ways in which Britain was different from other countries in Europe and Asia. Combining economic! social! technological and business history! Allen shows the importance of globalisation in explaining the divergence of East and West. Zusammenfassung This landmark global economic history explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain by highlighting the ways in which Britain was different from other countries in Europe and Asia. Combining economic! social! technological and business history! Allen shows the importance of globalisation in explaining the divergence of East and West. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy; Part I: 2. The high wage economy of pre-industrial Britain; 3. The agricultural revolution; 4. The cheap energy economy; 5. Why England succeeded; Part II: 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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A major new global economic history that explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain.

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This landmark global economic history explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain by highlighting the ways in which Britain was different from other countries in Europe and Asia. Combining economic, social, technological and business history, Allen shows the importance of globalisation in explaining the divergence of East and West.

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1. The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy; Part I: 2. The high wage economy of pre-industrial Britain; 3. The agricultural revolution; 4. The cheap energy economy; 5. Why England succeeded; Part II: 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.