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

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	HC254.5 .A55 2009	AVAILABLE

Description	xi, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series	New approaches to economic and social history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-312) and index.
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.
Subject(s)	Industrial revolution -- Great Britain.
	Economic history -- 1750-1918.
	Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
	Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century.