Bokus
Robert C. Allen - The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Av Robert C. Allen

403 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Beskrivning
Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison to other countries in Europe and Asia. As a result, the breakthrough technologies of the industrial revolution - the steam engine, the cotton mill, and the substitution of coal for wood in metal production - were uniquely profitable to invent and use in Britain. The high wage economy of pre-industrial Britain also fostered industrial development since more people could afford schooling and apprenticeships. It was only when British engineers made these new technologies more cost-effective during the nineteenth century that the industrial revolution would spread around the world.
Produktinformation
Utforska kategorier
Mer om författaren

Robert C. Allen is Professor of Economic History at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College. His books include Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450–1850 (1992), and Farm to Factory: A Re-interpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (2003), both of which won the Ranki Prize of the Economic History Association.

Recensioner i media

'Robert Allen has for decades been one of the broadest-ranging and most imaginative scholars in economic history. In this highly original and superbly-researched book, he has set new standards for the study of one of the most critical episodes of human history, the British Industrial Revolution. A must-read for scholars ranging from eighteenth-century history to the economics of modern growth.' Joel Mokyr, author of The Gifts of Athena and The Enlightened Economy

Betyg & recensioner

1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 Egon P

    En mycket innehållsrik och fängslande bok. Många kunskapsluckor får sin förklaring. Författaren har lagt ner ett omfattande arbete för att på ett pedagogiskt sätt förklara och beskriva den industriella revolutionen i England under 1700-1800-talen.

Mer från samma serie

Mer från samma författare