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Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary?
โ Scribed by Graeme Snooks
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 170
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary? takes an innovative look at this much studied subject. The contributors ask new questions, explore new issues and use new data in order to stimulate interest and elicit new responses. By looking at it from such previously unexplored angles the book brings a new understanding to the Industrial Revolution and opens a new debate.
โฆ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 9
List of contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION......Page 14
THE CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS, THE STATIONARY STATE, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION......Page 40
GREAT WAVES OF ECONOMIC CHANGE: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 1000 TO 2000......Page 56
WHAT WAS THE RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?......Page 92
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE GENESIS OF THE MALE BREADWINNER......Page 109
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION REVISITED......Page 125
Notes......Page 137
Select bibliography......Page 151
Index......Page 163
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