04092nam 2200769Ia 450 991078204430332120230912163024.01-282-85560-397866128556030-7735-6293-110.1515/9780773562936(CKB)1000000000523209(SSID)ssj0000283799(PQKBManifestationID)11236623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283799(PQKBWorkID)10250657(PQKB)11225423(CaPaEBR)400999(CaBNvSL)mat00326176 (Au-PeEL)EBL3331775(CaPaEBR)ebr10187737(CaONFJC)MIL285560(OCoLC)923232985(DE-B1597)655083(DE-B1597)9780773562936(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/whvvqk(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400999(MiAaPQ)EBC3331775(MiAaPQ)EBC3249009(EXLCZ)99100000000052320919901218d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe role of transportation in the Industrial Revolution[electronic resource] a comparison of England and France /Rick SzostakMontreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc1991xii, 331 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-0840-6 Includes bibliographical references: p. [309]-327 and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- English and French Transport Compared -- The English Iron Industry -- The French Iron Industry -- The English Textiles Industry -- The French Textiles Industry -- Pottery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexSzostak develops a model that establishes causal links between transportation and industrialization and shows how improvements in transportation could have a beneficial effect on an economy such as that of eighteenth-century England. This model shows the Industrial Revolution to involve four primary phenomena: increased regional specialization, the emergence of new industries, an expanding scale of production, and an accelerated rate of technological innovation. Through detailed analysis, Szostak explicates the effects of the different systems of transportation in France and England on the four components of the Industrial Revolution. He outlines the development in late eighteenth-century England of a reliable system of all-weather transportation, made up of turnpike roads and canals, that was far superior to the system in France at the same period. He goes on to examine in detail the iron, textile, and pottery industries in each country, focusing on the effect of the quality of available transportation on the decisions of individual entrepreneurs and innovators. Szostak shows that in every case these industries were more highly developed in England than in France.TransportationEnglandHistory18th centuryTransportationFranceHistory18th centuryMetal tradeEnglandHistory18th centuryMetal tradeFranceHistory18th centuryTextile industryEnglandHistory18th centuryTextile industryFranceHistory18th centuryEnglandEconomic conditions18th centuryFranceEconomic conditions18th centuryTransportationHistoryTransportationHistoryMetal tradeHistoryMetal tradeHistoryTextile industryHistoryTextile industryHistory388/.0942/09033Szostak Rick1959-914218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782044303321The role of transportation in the Industrial Revolution3802377UNINA