02839nam 2200613 a 450 991045620660332120200520144314.01-282-76348-29786612763489981-4295-26-4(CKB)2490000000001923(EBL)731280(OCoLC)670429586(SSID)ssj0000422261(PQKBManifestationID)11306852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422261(PQKBWorkID)10416591(PQKB)10127380(MiAaPQ)EBC731280(WSP)00007626(Au-PeEL)EBL731280(CaPaEBR)ebr10422542(CaONFJC)MIL276348(EXLCZ)99249000000000192320100408d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLocating the industrial revolution[electronic resource] inducement and response /Eric L. JonesSingapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientificc20101 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4295-25-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The view from Little England -- The anomaly of the South -- Scarce resources? -- Possible explanations -- Further possibilities -- Prosperity, poverty and bourgeois values -- De-industrialisation and the landed system -- Politics and ideas -- Transport and marketing -- The pace of change -- North and South.The familiar industrialisation of northern England and less familiar de-industrialisation of the south are shown to have depended on a common process. Neither rise nor decline resulted from differences in natural resource endowments, since they began before the use of coal and steam in manufacturing. Instead, political certainty, competitive ideology and Enlightenment optimism encouraged investment in transport and communications. This integrated the national market, intensifying competition between regions and altering economic distributions. Despite a dysfunctional landed system, agriculturaIndustrializationEnglandHistoryEconomic developmentEnglandHistoryEngland, NorthernEconomic conditionsRegional disparitiesEngland, SouthernEconomic conditionsRegional disparitiesElectronic books.IndustrializationHistory.Economic developmentHistory.330.942/08Jones E. L(Eric Lionel)110935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456206603321Locating the industrial revolution2202997UNINA