Industry and empire : from 1750 to the present day
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Industry and empire : from 1750 to the present day
Penguin, 1999
New ed. / this ed. rev. and updated with Chris Wrigley
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"Second edition"--[4] p. of cover
Previous ed.: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-[378]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people.
Table of Contents
- Britain in 1750
- origin of the industrial revolution
- 1780-1840
- the human results of the industrial revolution 1750-1850
- agriculture 1750-1850
- industrialization - the second phase 1840-95
- Britain in the world economy
- standards of living 1850-1914
- the beginnings of decline
- the land 1850-1960
- between the wars
- government and economy
- the long boom
- society since 1914
- the other Britain
- a harsher economic climate.
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