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The industrial revolution : the state, knowledge and global trade /
"The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth. Indeed the origins of economic history, as a discipline, lie in 19th-century European and North American attempts to understand the foundation of this process....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Graphs and Tables; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Debt: Trade, Finance and European War; The Restoration and the institutionalization of republicanism; 'Barbarous Tyranny of the Hollanders': The Dutch wars and fiscal reform; Chapter 2 'The Greatest Dominion of the World': Trade and Textiles; Quality, trade and regulation; Woollen textiles; Nurturing industry: France and the 1674 scheme of trade; Chapter 3 Silver and Slaves: Britain and the Atlantic World.
- Early colonial policy and the establishment of the Board of Trade and Plantations in 1696South American silver and African sweat: The work of the Board of Trade and Plantations; Chapter 4 South Asian 'Weeds': The Balance of Trade and Textiles; The 'Golden-fleece': Foreign skills and industrial development; Chapter 5 State Protection and Industrial Development; The 1713 Anglo-French Trade Treaty and establishment of eighteenth-century oeconomic policy; Chapter 6 The State as Arbiter of Production; Chapter 7 Balancing Tax and Industry: The Regulation of Domestic Manufactures.
- Chapter 8 Culture and IndustryVultures of production; Fen drainage and knowledge; Textile design; Textile quality; Chapter 9 Technological Innovation and Industry; Cotton textiles; Metals; Energy and steam; Chapter 10 Fiscal Pressure and Industry; Degeneration and reform: The state and the new industries; Irish industry and trade; The 1786 Anglo-French Trade Treaty; Anglo-French war and taxation; Chapter 11 The Lived Experience: Food and Labour; 'Broken in upon and violated': Industry and labour; The Combination Acts; Chapter 12 The Rise of Political Economy during the Industrial Revolution.
- Deregulation: The market as arbiter of productionThe world upside down; The consolidation of the income tax, free trade and a small state; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index.