The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain
by Edited by Roderick Floud , Paul JohnsonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-01
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain provides a readable and comprehensive survey of the economic history of Britain since industrialisation, based on the most up-to-date research into the subject. Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson have assembled a team of fifty leading scholars from around the world to produce a set of volumes which are both a lucid textbook for students and an authoritative guide to the subject. The text pays particular attention to the explanation of quantitative and theory-based enquiry, but all forms of historical research are used to provide a comprehensive account of the development of the British economy. Volume I covers the period 1700-1860 when Britain led the world in the process of industrialisation. It will be an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students in history, economics and other social sciences.
Table of Contents
| Introduction Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson | |
| 1. Accounting for the industrial revolution Joel Mokyr | |
| 2. Industrial organisation and structure: families, institutions, risk and trust Pat Hudson | |
| 3. British population during the 'long' eighteenth century, 1680-1840 E. A. Wrigley | |
| 4. Agriculture during the industrial revolution Robert C. Allen | |
| 5. Manufacturing and technological change Kristine Bruland | |
| 6. Money, finance, and capital markets Stephen Quinn | |
| 7. Trade: discovery, mercantilism and technology C. Knick Harley | |
| 8. Government and the economy, 1688-1850 Ron Harris | |
| 9. Household economy, 1688-1850 Jane Humphries | |
| 10. Living standards and the urban environment Hans-Joachim Voth | |
| 11. Transport Simon Ville | |
| 12. Education and skill of the British labour force David Mitch | |
| 13. Consumption in eighteenth century and early nineteenth-century Britain Maxine Berg | |
| 14. Scotland T. M. Devine | |
| 15. The extractive industries Roger Burt | |
| 16. The industrial revolution in global perspective Stanley L. Engerman and Patrick K.O'Brien. |
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