L. C. A Knowles

The Industrial & Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain During the Nineteenth Century (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136590917
• Artikelnr.: 40000319

Autorenporträt

L. C. A. Knowles: Historical Tripos, Law Tripos, Cambridge; Professor of Modern Economic History in The University of London; Dean of the Faculty of Economics in The University of London; Lecturer of the London School of Economics

Inhaltsangabe

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