Mokyr, Joel.

The enlightened economy : an economic history of Britain, 1700-1850 / Joel Mokyr. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - x, 564 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - The New economic history of Britain . - New economic history of Britain. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [490]-532) and index.

Prologue: the British economy in 1700 -- Enlightenment and economy -- Useful knowledge and technology -- An enlightened political economy -- Enlightenment and the industrial revolution -- The origins of British technological leadership -- Technological change in the industrial revolution -- Britain and the world: an open economy -- Agriculture in the age of enlightenment -- The service sectors: commerce and transport -- The service sectors: finance and personal services -- progress and productivity -- Demographic transformation in the age of enlightenment -- Gender and family in an enlightened economy -- Factories and firms in an age of technological progress -- Social norms and a civil economy -- Formal institutions: the state and the economy -- Living standards and inequality -- The results: the British economy in 1850.

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Geschichte 1700-1850.


Industrial revolution--Great Britain.
Enlightenment--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.
Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.

HC 254.5 / M716e 2009

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