Volumes 2 and 3 of the Industrial Revolutionseleven part set (Industrial Revolution in Britain vol I and II) present over thirty of the articles which have best illuminated Britain's Industrial revolution, and cover four main areas: the concept of the Industrial Revolution, and the central themes of land, labour and capital. They provide a way of exploring historians' changing approaches to the first Industrial Revolution. A substantial introduction sets the articles into their conceptual, evidential and histiographical ...
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Volumes 2 and 3 of the Industrial Revolutionseleven part set (Industrial Revolution in Britain vol I and II) present over thirty of the articles which have best illuminated Britain's Industrial revolution, and cover four main areas: the concept of the Industrial Revolution, and the central themes of land, labour and capital. They provide a way of exploring historians' changing approaches to the first Industrial Revolution. A substantial introduction sets the articles into their conceptual, evidential and histiographical context and directs readers to recent work.
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Minor rubbing. VG. 25x16cm, ix, 436 pp, Series: Economic History Society, The Industrial Revolutions, 3. Ciontains 15 papers concerning Land, Agriculture, Raw Material Supply, Technology, Invention, Innovation, Education, Supply & Demand, Trade Cycles. Includes: R.C. Allen "The Growth of Labour Productivity in Early Modern English Agriculture"; E.J.T. Collins "Harvest Technology & Labour Supply in Britain, 1790-1870"; E.L. Jones "Agriculture & Economic Growth in England, 1660-1750: Agricultural Change"; F.M.L. Thompson "The Second Agricultural Revolution, 1815-1880"; E.A. Wrigley "The Supply of Raw Materials in the Industrial Revolution"; D. S Landes "Technological Change &Industrial Development in Western Europe, 1750-1914"; P. Mathias "Who Unbound Prometheus? Science & Technical Change, 1600-1800"; A.E. Musson " &E. Robinson "Science & Industry in the Late 18th Century"; R. Samuel " Workshop of the World: Steam Power & Hand Technology in Mid-Victorian Britain"; F.M.L. Thompson "19th-Century Horse Sense"; D.E.C. Eversley "The Home Market & Economic Growth in England, 1750-1780"; E. Gilboy "Demand as a Factor in the Industrial Revolution"; N. Mckendrick "Josiah Wedgwood: An 18th-Century Entrepreneur in Salesmanship & Marketing Techniques"; J. Mokyr: Demand versus Supply in the Industrial Revolution"; W. W, . Rostow " Business Cycles, Harvest & Politics, 1790-1850".
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Textual tables. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. VG. 25x17cm, xl, 522 pp, Series: Economic History Society, The Industrial Revolutions, Volume 2. Contains 19 papers concerning Definitions, Phasing, Scale, Nature; Capital; Credit; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Taxation; Labour; Demography; Labour Supply; Standard of Living; Factory Discipline; Social Structure. Includes: P.J. Cain & A.G. Hopkins "Gentlemanly Capitalism & British Expansion Overseas: The Old Colonial System, 1688-1850"; D. Cannadine "The Present in the Past in the English Industrial Revolution, 1880-1980"; D.C. Coleman "Industrial Growth & Industrial Revolutions"; N.F.R. Crafts " British Economic Growth, 1700-183 1: A Review of the Evidence"; F. Crouzet "Capital Formation in the Industrial Revolution"; P, . Deane "The Implications of Early National Income Estimates for the Measurement of Long-term Economic Growth in the United Kingdom"; H. Heaton "Industrial Revolution"; C.H. Feinstein " Capital Accumulation & the Industrial Revolution"; P. Mathias & P.K. O' Brien "Taxation in Britain & France, 1715-1810"; M.M. Postan "Recent Trends in the Accumulation of Capital"; E.B. Schumpeter "English Prices & Public Finance, 1660-1822"; C. Wilson "The Entrepreneur in the Industrial Revolution in Britain"; J.D. Chambers " Enclosure & Labour Supply in the Industrial Revolution"; J.A. Goldstone " The Demographic Revolution in England: A Re-Examination"; R.M. Hartwell " The Rising Standard of Living in England, 1800-1850"; E.J. Hobsbawm "The British Standard of Living, 1790-1850"; etc.
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