03161nam 2200661Ia 450 991082174610332120200520144314.01-134-89603-41-134-89604-20-429-22889-91-280-32762-60-203-16121-110.4324/9780203161210(CKB)111056485516300(EBL)169350(OCoLC)260052187(SSID)ssj0000178662(PQKBManifestationID)11171399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178662(PQKBWorkID)10229766(PQKB)11227523(MiAaPQ)EBC169350(Au-PeEL)EBL169350(CaPaEBR)ebr10060620(CaONFJC)MIL32762(OCoLC)1000426121(EXLCZ)9911105648551630019920224d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy selected essays /Brinley Thomas1st ed.New York Routledge19931 online resource (283 p.)Essays, with some revisions and updating, most of which were previously published in various journals.1-138-86576-1 0-415-07978-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Britain's energy crisis in the seventeenth century; The first Atlantic economy, 1700 76; The end of the charcoal iron age; Britain's food supply, 1760 1846: the Irish contribution; Henry Cort and the primacy of Britain; Robert Owen (1771 1858): a hero of the Industrial Revolution; Demographic determinants of British and American building cycles, 1870 1913; Long swings and the Atlantic economy: a reappraisal; A cauldron of rebirth: the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh languageA plea for an organic approach to economic growthIndexIn recent years it has become commonplace to downplay notions of an industrial revolution and argue instead that Britain's transformation was gradual and incremental. In The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy Brinley Thomas contests this view, arguing that change in the energy base and hence in technology has enabled Britain to overcome an energy crisis and sustain dramatic population growth. Throughout these essays illustrate the organic approach to economic growth that Brinley Thomas pioneered.IndustriesGreat BritainHistory18th centuryEnergy developmentGreat BritainHistory18th centuryGreat BritainEconomic conditions1760-1860IndustriesHistoryEnergy developmentHistory330.941/07Thomas Brinley1906-103458MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821746103321The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy4187387UNINA