Peter Mathias (Honorary Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK)

The First Industrial Nation

The Economic History of Britain 1700-1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The industrial revolution of Britain is recognized today as a model for industrialization all over the world. Now with a new introduction by the author, this book is widely renowned as a classic text for students of this key period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780415266727
• ISBN-10: 0415266726
• Artikelnr.: 21981678

Autorenporträt

Peter Mathias was Master of Downing College, Cambridge until his retirement in 1996.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prologue: The Industrial Revolution - Identity and Beginning Part 1: The
Industrial Economy is Born: 1700 to the Early Nineteenth Century 2. Gregory
King's England 3. The State, Rural Society and the Land 4. Economic Policy,
Trade and Transport 5. Industrial Growth and Finance 6. The Human Dimension
7. Economic Fluctuations Part 2: The Evolving Industrial Economy: To 1914
8. The Century Ahead - Changing Structure of the British Economy 9.
Occupational Structure and Industrial Organization in the Mid-Nineteenth
Century 10. Railways 11. The Free Trade System and Capital Exports 12.
Agriculture, 1815-1914 13. The Evolution of Banking and the Money Market,
1825-1914 14. The Organization of Labour and Standards of Living 15.
Industrial Maturity and Deceleration 16. Epilogue: The Inter-War Years