Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary? / Edition 1

by Graeme Snooks

Overview

Was the Industrial Revolution Necessary? takes an innovative look at this much studied subject. The contributors ask new questions, explore new issues and use new data in order to stimulate interest and elicit new responses. By looking at it from such previously unexplored angles the book brings a new understanding to the Industrial Revolution and opens a new debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415108683
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Graeme Donald Snooks is Coghlan Professor of Economic History at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University. He has published widely on a number of central issues in economic history and is editor of a number of prestigious book series and journals.

Table of Contents

List of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface 1. New Perspectives on the Industrial Revolution Graeme Donald Snooks 2. The Classical Economists, the Stationary State, and the Industrial Revolution E.A. Wrigley 3. Great Waves of Economic Change: the Industrial Revolution in Historical Perspective 1000 to 2000 Graeme Donald Snooks 4. What Was the Rate of Economic Growth During the Industrial Revolution R.V. Jackson 5. The Industrial Revolution and the Genesis of the Male Breadwinner Stephen Nicholas and Deborah Oxley 6. The Industrial Revolution Revisited Stanley L. Engerman Notes Select Bibliography Index