Entrée principale:

Allen, Robert C., 1947-

Titre et auteur:

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

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Description:

xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Série(s):

New approaches to economic and social history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Architecture and/for the Environment", 2017-2019, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Résumé:

Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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ISBN:

9780521868273 (hard)
0521868270 (hard)
9780521687850 (pbk.)
0521687853 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Industrial revolution Great Britain.
Economic history 1750-1918.
Révolution industrielle Grande-Bretagne.
Histoire économique 1750-1918.
Economic history.
Industrial revolution.
Social conditions
Industrielle Revolution
Industriella revolutionen Storbritannien.
Industrialisierung.
Großbritannien.
Welt.
Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century.
Great Britain Social conditions 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne Conditions économiques 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Conditions sociales 18e siècle.
Great Britain.

Vedettes secondaires:

New approaches to economic and social history.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 296170
Cote: BIB 242583
Statut: Disponible