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The British industrial revolution in global perspective / Robert C. Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New approaches to economic and social historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521868273 (hard)
  • 0521868270 (hard)
  • 9780521687850 (pbk.)
  • 0521687853 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.941/073
LOC classification:
  • HC 254.5 A428b 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy -- I: The pre-industrial economy -- The high-wage economy of pre-industrial Britain -- The agricultural revolution -- The cheap energy economy -- Why England succeeded -- II: The Industrial Revolution -- Why was the Industrial Revolution British? -- The steam engine -- Cotton -- Coke smelting -- Inventors, enlightenment and human capital -- From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 254.5 A428b 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000078622

Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-312) and index.

The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy -- I: The pre-industrial economy -- The high-wage economy of pre-industrial Britain -- The agricultural revolution -- The cheap energy economy -- Why England succeeded -- II: The Industrial Revolution -- Why was the Industrial Revolution British? -- The steam engine -- Cotton -- Coke smelting -- Inventors, enlightenment and human capital -- From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth.

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