| Title |
The first industrial revolution / by Phyllis Deane. |
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| Imprint |
Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1965. |
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| Description |
vii, 295 pages ; 23 cm |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
unmediated n |
| Carrier |
volume nc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-286). |
| Contents |
The starting-point -- The demographic revolution -- The agricultural revolution -- The commercial revolution -- The transport revolution -- The cotton industry -- The iron industry -- The chronology of innovation -- The role of labour -- The role of capital -- The role of the banks -- The adoption of free trade -- The role of government -- Economic growth and economic cycles -- Standards of living -- The achievement. |
| Subject(s) |
Industrial revolution -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1760-1860.
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