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The Industrial Revolutions, Volume 1: Pre-Industrial Britain
J. Chartres
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Description for The Industrial Revolutions, Volume 1: Pre-Industrial Britain
Hardback. This volume sets British development in its broad context and, in presenting the strong evidence of the extent and nature of its economic advance in the 17th and early-18th centuries. It provides the critical backgrond for the understanding of the late process of British industrialization. Series: The Industrial Revolutions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Britain in the sixteenth century appeared little different from its European neighbours, and shared their renewed 'Malthusian' pressures, as population growth threatened the resource base of the economy. Yet, by the later seventeenth century, Britain had broken the limits imposed by food production. With the development of its trade, transport and industry, and the effective integration of its economy as a whole, the country was becoming by the later eighteenth century more urban and industrial than its neighbours, and was rapidly overtaking the Netherlands as the least 'rural' country in Europe. This volume of key readings sets British development in ... Read more
Britain in the sixteenth century appeared little different from its European neighbours, and shared their renewed 'Malthusian' pressures, as population growth threatened the resource base of the economy. Yet, by the later seventeenth century, Britain had broken the limits imposed by food production. With the development of its trade, transport and industry, and the effective integration of its economy as a whole, the country was becoming by the later eighteenth century more urban and industrial than its neighbours, and was rapidly overtaking the Netherlands as the least 'rural' country in Europe. This volume of key readings sets British development in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Series
The Industrial Revolutions
Condition
New
Weight
1086g
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631181446
SKU
V9780631181446
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About J. Chartres
J. A. Chartres is Professor of Business and Economics at the University of Leeds.
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