{"product_id":"the-industrial-revolution-in-britain-i-volume-2-9780631180715","title":"The Industrial Revolution in Britain I Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolumes 2 and 3 of the \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003eeleven part set (Industrial Revolution in Britain vol I and II) present over thirty of the articles which have best illuminated Britain''s Industrial revolution, and cover four main areas: the concept of the Industrial Revolution, and the central themes of land, labour and capital. They provide a way of exploring historians'' changing approaches to the first Industrial Revolution. A substantial introduction sets the articles into their conceptual, evidential and histiographical context and directs readers to recent work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral editors' introduction. R. A. Church and E. A. Wrigley. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Julian Hoppit and E.A. Wrigley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME 2.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Definitions, Phasing, Scale and Nature:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Gentlemanly capitalism and British expansion overseas. The old colonial system, 1688-1850: P. J. Cain and A. G. Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The present and the past in the English industrial revolution, 1880-1980: D. Cannadine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Industrial growth and industrial revolutions: D. C. Coleman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. British Economic Growth, 1700-1831: a review of the evidence: N. F. R. Crafts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Capital formation in the industrial revolution: F.Crouzet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.The implications of early national income estimates for the measurement of long-term economic growth in the United Kingdom: P. Deane.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Industrial revolution: H. Heaton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Capital, Credit, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Taxation:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Capital accumulation and the industrial revolution: C. H.Feinstein.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Taxation in Britain and France, 1715-1810: P. Mathias and P. K. O'Brien.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Recent trends in the accumulation of capital: M. M. Postan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. English Prices and Public Finance, 1660-1822: E. B. Schumpeter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The entrepreneur in the industrial revolution in Britain: C. Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Labour, Demography, Labour Supply, Standard of Living, Factory Discipline, Social Structure:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Enclosure and labour supply in the industrial revolution: J. D. Chambers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Demographic Revolution in England: a re-examination: J. A. Goldstone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Rising Standard of living in England, 1800-1850: R. M. Hartwell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The British standard of living, 1790-1850.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Medical evidence related to English population changes in the eighteenth century: T. McKeown and R. G. Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Time, work discipline, and industrial capitalism: E. P. Thomson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The growth of population in eighteenth-century England: a conundrum resolved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME 3.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Land: Agriculture and Raw Material Supply:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The growth of labor productivity in early modern English Agriculture: R. C. Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Harvest technology and labour supply in Britain, 1790-1870: E. J. T. Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Agriculture and economic growth in England, 1660-1750: agricultural change: E. L Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The second agricultural revolution, 1815-1880: F. M. L. Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The supply of raw materials in the industrial revolution: E. A. Wrigley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Technology, Invention, Innovation, Education:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Technological change and industrial development in western Europe, 1750-1914: D. S. Landes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600-1800: P. Mathias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Science and Industry in the late eighteenth century: A. E. Musson and E. Robinson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Workshop of the world; steam power and hand technology in mid-Victorian Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Nineteenth-century horse sense: F. M. L. Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. The home market and economic growth in England, 1750-1780: D. E. C. Eversley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Demand as a factor in the industrial revolution: E. Gilboy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Josiah Wedgwood: an eighteenth century entrepreneur in salesmanship and marketing techniques: N. McKendrick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Demand vs Supply in the industrial revolution: J. Mokyr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Business cycles, harvests, and politics, 1790-1850: W. W. Rostow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515456282967,"sku":"9780631180715","price":166.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-industrial-revolution-in-britain-i-volume-2-9780631180715","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}