The Vital Century: England's Economy 1714-1815 - Brossura

Rule, John

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ISBN 10: 0582494257 ISBN 13: 9780582494251

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1992

Riassunto

Long neglected, the Eighteenth Century is now the focus for much of the most exciting work in history today. This new research has so altered and expanded our understanding of the Georgian economy that some historians now question the very idea of an `Industrial Revolution'. John Rule uses the latest scholarship for a comprehensive and magisterial review -- of population, output, agriculture, manufacture, labour, communications, towns, finance and domestic and overseas markets -- through which he reassesses the `vital century' in which the contours of the modern economy first emerge to view.

An analytical survey which offers the first comprehensive economic history of the C.18th.

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'Regardless of their backgrounds, general readers and university students alike have been done a great service by the publication of Professor John Rule's fine pair of historical surveys.'

History

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This series aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the important developments in British social and economic life from the Anglo-Saxon settlement to the present day. John Rule examines each aspect of the economy in turn, beginning with the growth of population, the agricultural and the manufacturing economies; labour; roadways and waterways; the role of towns; finance; and the domestic and overseas markets. Although there was no sudden or dramatic transformation of the economy in the way implied by some traditional presentations of the "Industrial Revolution", by the end of this period the contours of the modern economy were clearly visible. Together with the companion volume "Albion's People: English Society -1714-1815", this provides an economic and social history of the 18th century. It incorporates fresh research which has appeared during the 1980s on the 18th century and it looks at rural industry as well as the growing industry in the new towns.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0582494257
• ISBN 13: 9780582494251
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352