| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth. Indeed the origins of economic history, as a discipline, lie in 19th-century European and North American attempts to understand the foundation of this process. In this book, William J. Ashworth questions some of the orthodoxies concerning the history of the industrial revolution and offers a deep and detailed reassessment of the subject that focuses on the State and its role in the development of key British manufactures. In particular, he explores the role of State regulation and protectionism in nurturing Britain's negligible early manufacturing base. Taking a long view, from the mid 17th century through to the 19th century, the analysis weaves together a vast range of factors to provide one of the fullest analyses of the industrial revolution, and one that places it firmly within a global context, showing that the Industrial Revolution was merely a short moment within a much larger and longer global trajectory. This book is an important intervention in the debates surrounding modern industrial history will be essential reading for anyone interested in global and comparative economic history and the history of globalization."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Graphs and Tables; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Debt: Trade, Finance and European War; The Restoration and the institutionalization of republicanism; 'Barbarous Tyranny of the Hollanders': The Dutch wars and fiscal reform; Chapter 2 'The Greatest Dominion of the World': Trade and Textiles; Quality, trade and regulation; Woollen textiles; Nurturing industry: France and the 1674 scheme of trade; Chapter 3 Silver and Slaves: Britain and the Atlantic World. |
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Early colonial policy and the establishment of the Board of Trade and Plantations in 1696South American silver and African sweat: The work of the Board of Trade and Plantations; Chapter 4 South Asian 'Weeds': The Balance of Trade and Textiles; The 'Golden-fleece': Foreign skills and industrial development; Chapter 5 State Protection and Industrial Development; The 1713 Anglo-French Trade Treaty and establishment of eighteenth-century oeconomic policy; Chapter 6 The State as Arbiter of Production; Chapter 7 Balancing Tax and Industry: The Regulation of Domestic Manufactures. |
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Chapter 8 Culture and IndustryVultures of production; Fen drainage and knowledge; Textile design; Textile quality; Chapter 9 Technological Innovation and Industry; Cotton textiles; Metals; Energy and steam; Chapter 10 Fiscal Pressure and Industry; Degeneration and reform: The state and the new industries; Irish industry and trade; The 1786 Anglo-French Trade Treaty; Anglo-French war and taxation; Chapter 11 The Lived Experience: Food and Labour; 'Broken in upon and violated': Industry and labour; The Combination Acts; Chapter 12 The Rise of Political Economy during the Industrial Revolution. |
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Deregulation: The market as arbiter of productionThe world upside down; The consolidation of the income tax, free trade and a small state; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Industrial revolution.
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. |
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Economic history. |
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Industrialisation & industrial history. |
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General & world history. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Industrial revolution |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ashworth, William J. Industrial revolution. London : Bloomsbury, 2017 147428616X 9781474286169 |
| ISBN |
9781474286183 (electronic bk.) |
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1474286186 (electronic bk.) |
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9781474286176 (electronic bk.) |
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1474286178 (electronic bk.) |
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9781474286190 |
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1474286194 |
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9781474286169 |
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147428616X |
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9781474286466 |
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1474286461 |
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