Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850

Name: Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850
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ISBN: 9780415011211

ISBN-10: 0415011213

ISBN-13: 9780415011211

Edition: 1991

Authors: Richard Brown

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Both contemporaries and later historians viewed the Industrial Revolution as a `turning point' in modern British history. No doubt a change occurred, but what was the nature of that change and how did it affect rural and urban society? In this, the first part of his two-volume history of nineteenth-century Britain, Richard Brown examines the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in the larger context of British history. Treating developments in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, as well as those in England, Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850 is distinguished by its emphasis on the diversity of experience -- the continuity as well as change -- in this crucial…

Book details

Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/16/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface



The Nature of History



Britain in the Early Eighteenth Century



The Revolution in Numbers- Demographic Change 1700-1850



Change on the Land



The Revolution in Technologies- Industrial Change


Notes



The Revolution in Industrial Organization



The Revolution in Communications- Land and Water



The Revolution in Overseas Trade



Capital and Banking



The Social and Institutional Bases for Economic Change


Notes



Railways- The Great Connectors



The Economic Revolutions- An Overview



Rent



Capital



Wages



The Impact of Economic Growth- A Social Revolution?



The Impact of Economic Growth- Change in the Countryside 1700-1850



The Impact of Economic Growth- The Urban Explosion 1700-1850



Culture, Economic and Social Change 1700-1850


Index