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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450379003321

Titolo

Atlas of British social and economic history since C. 1700 / / edited by Rex Pope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1989

ISBN

1-280-32546-1

0-203-31798-X

1-134-93496-3

0-203-20103-5

Edizione

[1st American ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PopeRex

Disciplina

330.941

Soggetti

Industries - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Great Britain History

Great Britain Economic conditions

Great Britain Social conditions

Great Britain Economic conditions Maps

Great Britain Social conditions Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Maps and diagrams; Introduction; Acknowledgements; AgriculturePeter Dewey, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London; The textile and chemicals industries Geoff Timmins and Rex Pope, Lancashire Polytechnic; Metal, vehicle, and engineering industries Rex Pope, Lancashire Polytechnic; Coal, gas, and electricity Carol Jones, University of Southampton; Transport and trade John Armstrong, Ealing College of Higher Education; Demographic changes 1701  1981 Stephen Jackson, Liverpool Polytechnic, and Geoff Timmins, Lancashire Polytechnic

Employment and unemployment Rex Pope, Lancashire PolytechnicUrbanization and living conditions Callum Brown, University of Strathclyde; Labour movements Keith Laybourn, Huddersfield Polytechnic; Education: late nineteenth-century disparities in provision Bill Marsden, University of Liverpool; Religion Callum Brown, University



of Strathclyde; Leisure Stephen G.Jones, Manchester Polytechnic; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This Atlas covers British history from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Topics include demography, agriculture, transport, trade, labour movements, religion, education, health and housing.