ABSTRACT
A new edition of this popular single volume survey of the British economy from industrialisation to the present day. This key text has been updated to cover a further decade of Britain's economic and social fortunes. In particular the chapters on the industrial revolution have been extensively revised and there is a new chapter on environmental history. The Industial Age marshals a wealth of statistical and other evidence, using economic theory to analyse recent British economic change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |80 pages
Industrialisation 1750–1830
part |70 pages
The Industrial Economy 1830–1914
part |62 pages
Industrialisation and Society 1750–1914
part |140 pages
Prosperity and Problems: the Economy 1914–95
part |45 pages
Economy and Society 1914–95