Debating the industrial revolution /

"The industrial revolution was and is a huge development and one of the fundamental changes in human experience in the modern world. In Debating the Industrial Revolution, Peter N. Stearns, a leading expert in world history, presents the major contours of the ongoing debates over industrializat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stearns, Peter N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New Delhi ; New York ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Colección:Debates in world history
Temas:
Industrial revolution.
Révolution industrielle.
General & world history.
History.
History > Modern > General.
History > World.
Industrial revolution
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover page
  • Halftitle page
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • 1 Why debate the Industrial Revolution?
  • For further discussion
  • 2 Pinpointing the Industrial Revolution: Features, times, and places
  • The central features
  • Initial complexities
  • The British case
  • The Western case
  • The global case
  • Industrialization of the world
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 3 Initial explanations: Working the Industrial Revolution into British and European history
  • A first cut: Toynbee's assessment
  • Government policy and ideological change
  • Resources and labor
  • Capital
  • Other elements-and some gaps
  • The expansion of industrialization
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 4 Why Britain?
  • Reviewing the standard list
  • Institutions and government
  • Resources and labor
  • Beyond Britain
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 5 Debating the role of people and their motivations
  • Reconsidering the labor force: a limited debate
  • Inventors
  • Businessmen
  • The case of France
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 6 Demand and education: Two categories for debate
  • Demand for goods
  • Education
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 7 The global framework and new comparative debates
  • Background: Europe, the world, and the world economy
  • The "Great Divergence" debate
  • Reviewing the components
  • A cultural turn
  • New stimulus, diverse response
  • Why not China?
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 8 Industrializing late: Adjusting the causes
  • Picking the latecomers
  • First debates: industrialization itself
  • The role of resources
  • Imitation and competition
  • "Native" vs. imported: the role of protoindustrialization
  • Government role
  • Culture
  • The Pacific Rim
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading.
  • 9 Industrialization of the world, 1990 and onward
  • Industrial growth before "revolution"
  • Local and international factors
  • Culture
  • The State
  • For further discussion
  • Further reading
  • 10 For further discussion
  • Index.

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