The Industrial & Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain During the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

by L.C.A Knowles

Overview

First Published in 2005. In this book, the author seeks to bring out the causes which led to the coming of machinery and which made Great Britain the workshop of the world for a large part of the nineteenth century. Knowles especially stresses the world position of the United Kingdom during the past century owing to the developments of mechanical transport which were the inevitable outcome of the mass production by machines. This title also aims to account for the great change in public opinion after 1870, which led to the growth of State control, not merely in industry, but in commerce, agriculture, transport and imperial relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415379182
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/03/2005
Series:	Economic History
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1. The Principal Features of Nineteenth Century Economic Development Part II: The Industrial Revolution Caused by Machinery 1. Features of the Industrial Revolution 2. Why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in Great Britain 3. The Inventions in the Textiles 4. Slow Progress of the Factory System and the Development of Engineering and Coal Mining Part III: Industrial and Commercial Policy in Great Britain during the Nineteenth Century 1. Laissez-faire and the Reaction 2. Causes of the Supremacy of Great Britain during the Nineteenth Century 3. Growth in the Welfare of the Working Classes 4. The Contrast between the Individualism of Great Britain and the Paternalism of France and Germany 5. The Economic Position of Great Britain in 1815 and 1914 Part IV: The Commercial Revolution caused by Mechanical Transport 1. The Revolution in the Importance of Continental Areas 2. The Revolution in Commercial Staples and Commercial and Industrial Organization 3. The Creation of a New Financial Era 4. Social Effects of the Conimeriai Revolution Part V: The Development of Mechanical Transport in Great Britain and the Problem of State Control of Transport 1. Roads 2. Canals 3. Railways 4. The Steamship and Shipping Problem. Part VI: The Industrial and Commercial Revolutions and the New Constructive Imperialism 1. Periods of Colonial History 2. The Empire in Alliance 3. The Empire in Trust Part VII: The Effect of the Development of Mechanical Transport on British and Irish agriculture 1. The Effect of the Development of Mechanical Transport on English Agriculture 2. The Effect of Mechanical Transport on Irish 3. Agriculture and the Relations between Great Britain and Ireland Conclusion Appendix Index