First Industrial Revolution

Name: First Industrial Revolution
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ISBN: 9780521296090

ISBN-10: 0521296099

ISBN-13: 9780521296090

Edition: 2nd 1979

Authors: Phyllis Deane

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An industrial revolution is the process of economic change by which a country is shifted on to a path of sustained growth in productivity and living standards. It represents the origins of modern industry in today's developed countries and it is what today's developing countries are now trying to promote or to bring to a successful conclusion. The book identifies the strategic changes in economic organisation, industrial structure and technological progress associated with the industrial revolution which took place in Britain over the century 1750-1850 and which marked a watershed in world economic development - the beginnings of modern economic growth for today's developed countries and an…

Book details

List price: $60.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/31/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Preface to the first edition


Preface to the second edition



The starting-point



The demographic revolution



The agricultural revolution



The commercial revolution



The transport revolution



The cotton industry



The iron industry



The sources 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 index


Index of authors cited