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In recent years it has become commonplace to downplay notions of an industrial revolution and argue instead that Britain's transformation was gradual and incremental. In The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy Brinley Thomas contests this view, arguing that change in the energy base...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Brinley, 1906-1994
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Temas:
1700-1860
Industrial revolution > Great Britain.
Energy development > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Révolution industrielle > Grande-Bretagne.
Énergie > Développement > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history
Energy development
Industrial revolution
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1760-1860.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 1760-1860.
Great Britain
Economic conditions > History, 1714-1901
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Britain's energy crisis in the seventeenth century
  • The first Atlantic economy, 1700-1776
  • The end of the Charcoal Iron Age
  • Feeding England, 1760-1846 : a view from the Celtic fringe
  • Henry Cort and the primacy of Britain
  • Robert Owen (1771-1858)
  • Demographic determinants of British and American building cyckes, 1870-1913
  • Long swings and the Atlantic economy
  • A cauldron of rebirth : the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh language
  • A plea for an organic approach to economic growth.

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