Why the industrial revolution happened in Britain / Jeremy Black.
By: Black, Jeremy [author.]
.Publisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2023Description: 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map.Content type: text | cartographic image | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781398114494.Subject(s): Industrial revolution -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 330.941081 Summary: "Britain’s key importance in world history was a product of its constitution and its empire, but both, in turn, were sustained and supported by Britain’s role in achieving the first Industrial Revolution. In part this was a matter of coal and steam but far more was involved. Alongside the ‘push’ factors of entrepreneurs and resources came the ‘pull’ factors of consumerism, fashion and an ability to purchase goods. There was also the context of parliamentary government, the rule of law, a society open to talent, and no internal tariff boundaries. The combination of these factors produced vital synergies. They also ensure that the history of the Industrial Revolution is the history of a country, a people, and of the factors that made them exceptional."-- Taken from dust jacket.
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| 330.941 WHY The economics of Brexit : | 330.94107 ALL The Industrial revolution : a very short introduction / | 330.94108 CAM VOL. III The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain / | 330.941081 BLA Why the industrial revolution happened in Britain / | 330.941083 ROB Saving the city : | 330.941083 SCO Triumph of the south : | 330.9410859 MON Captive state : |
"Britain’s key importance in world history was a product of its constitution and its empire, but both, in turn, were sustained and supported by Britain’s role in achieving the first Industrial Revolution. In part this was a matter of coal and steam but far more was involved. Alongside the ‘push’ factors of entrepreneurs and resources came the ‘pull’ factors of consumerism, fashion and an ability to purchase goods. There was also the context of parliamentary government, the rule of law, a society open to talent, and no internal tariff boundaries. The combination of these factors produced vital synergies. They also ensure that the history of the Industrial Revolution is the history of a country, a people, and of the factors that made them exceptional."-- Taken from dust jacket.