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The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy : selected essays /

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Main Author: Thomas, Brinley, 1906- .
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1993.
Subjects:
Energy development > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1760-1860.
Great Britain > Industries > History > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Britain's energy crisis in the seventeenth century
  • The first Atlantic economy, 1700-1776
  • The end of the Charcoal Iron Age
  • Feeding England, 1760-1846 : a view from the Celtic fringe
  • Henry Cort and the primacy of Britain
  • Robert Owen (1771-1858)
  • Demographic determinants of British and American building cyckes, 1870-1913
  • Long swings and the Atlantic economy
  • A cauldron of rebirth : the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh language
  • A plea for an organic approach to economic growth.

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