Format:
1 online resource (283 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415079785
,
9780203161210
Content:
Argues that change in the energy base and hence in technology has enabled Britain to overcome an energy crisis and sustain dramatic population growth. Throughout these essays illustrate Thomas' organic approach to economic growth
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Britain's energy crisis in the seventeenth century -- 2 The first Atlantic economy, 1700-76 -- 3 The end of the charcoal iron age -- 4 Britain's food supply, 1760-1846: the Irish contribution -- 5 Henry Cort and the primacy of Britain -- 6 Robert Owen (1771-1858): a hero of the Industrial Revolution -- 7 Demographic determinants of British and American building cycles, 1870-1913 -- 8 Long swings and the Atlantic economy: a reappraisal -- 9 A cauldron of rebirth: the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh language -- 10 A plea for an organic approach to economic growth -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Brinley, Thomas The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1993 ISBN 9780415079785
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
FULL
((OIS Credentials Required))
