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Author Thomas, Brinley, 1906-1994.

Title The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy : selected essays / Brinley Thomas.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Essays, with some revisions and updating, most of which were previously published in various journals.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1760-1860.
Great Britain.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1760-1860
Subject Industrial revolution -- Great Britain.
Industrial revolution.
Energy development -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Energy development.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
1700-1860
Indexed Term Economic conditions History, 1714-1901
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Thomas, Brinley, 1906- Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 0415079780 (DLC) 92005397 (OCoLC)25509148
ISBN 0203161211 (electronic book)
9780203161210 (electronic book)
0415079780
9780415079785 (print)