Court, W. H. B. Court

A Concise Economic History of Britain

From 1750 to Recent Times

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Produktbeschreibung

Professor Court investigates the economic life of Britain between 1750 and the onset of war in 1939.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780521092173
• ISBN-10: 0521092175
• Artikelnr.: 26932357

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Growth of an Industrial State, 1750-1837: 1. Population
2. Agriculture and the land system
3. The path of innovation in mining and manufacture
4. Transport and overseas trade
5. Investment, banking and the economy
6. The state and the foreign balance
7. The social setting and the influence of war
Part II. The Victorian Economy and After, 1837-1939: 8. Economic life in the Victorian age to 1880
9. The vicissitudes of an industrial state, 1880-1939
10. Industry and the social order in early and middle Victorian times 11. The origins of the welfare state, 1880-1939
12. First of the few: Great Britain as leader of the world's economy
13. A leader under challenge: Great Britain in the world economy, 1880-1939
Indices.