Robert C. Allen (University of Oxford)

Broschiertes Buch

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Beschreibung

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.

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.

Produktdetails

• New Approaches to Economic and Social History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780521687850
• ISBN-10: 0521687853
• Artikelnr.: 25902934