{"product_id":"the-industrial-revolution-and-the-atlantic-economy-9780415079785","title":"The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years it has become commonplace to downplay notions of an industrial revolution and argue instead that Britain''s transformation was gradual and incremental. In \u003cem\u003eThe Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy\u003c\/em\u003e Brinley Thomas contests this view, arguing 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 the organic approach to economic growth that Brinley Thomas pioneered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1. Britain`s Energy Crisis in the Seventeenth Century  11. The First Atlantic Economy, 1700-1776  111. The End of the Charcoal Iron Age  1V. Feeding England, 1760-1846 : a View from the Celtic Fringe  V. Henry Cort and the Primacy of Britain  V1. Robert Owen (1771-1858) : a Hero of the Industrial Revolution  V11. Demographic Determinants of British and American Building Cycles, 1870-1913  V111. Long Swings and the Atlantic Economy : a Reappraisal  1X. A Cauldron of Rebirth : the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh Language  X. A Plea for an Organic Approach to Economic Growth.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402069320023,"sku":"9780415079785","price":56.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-industrial-revolution-and-the-atlantic-economy-9780415079785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}