Lars Magnusson

Nation, State and the Industrial Revolution

The Visible Hand

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book puts the industrial revolution in a political and institutional context of state-making and the creation of modern national states, demonstrating that industrial transformation was connected to state and military interests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415745970
• ISBN-10: 0415745977
• Artikelnr.: 39594660

Autorenporträt

Lars Magnusson is Professor and Chair of Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Early Modern State 3. The construction of the myth
of a laissez faire state 4. The State and the industrial revolution 5.
Politics and industrial revolution in America 6. The Late-comers 7.
Conclusion