LEADER 05461nam 2200673 450 001 9910458731003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4742-2548-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001351876 035 $a(EBL)1778888 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001412025 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11803971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001412025 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11406982 035 $a(PQKB)10688053 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1778888 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1778888 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10927443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL641888 035 $a(OCoLC)890442132 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001351876 100 $a20140913h20141992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe industrial revolution /$fPat Hudson 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, [New York] :$cHodder Arnold,$d2014. 210 4$dİ1992 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aReading History 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-10637-1 311 $a0-7131-6531-6 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; General Editor''s Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Measurement; Specifying the industrial revolution; The causes of the industrial revolution; Part One: Writing and Rewriting History; 1 Perspectives on the Industrial Revolution; Early interpretations; The revolution challenged; Economic cycles and the industrial revolution; Economic growth models; Dependency theories; The transition debate; Heroic accounts; Technology; Capital formation; The factory system and its alternatives; The standard of living 327 $aClass and class conflictCurrent perspectives; 2 The Economy and the State; The macroeconomic perspective; Macro estimates and macro interpretations; Method and measurement; Sources; Identifying the industrial revolution; Productivity and innovation; The state; Central government revenue; Government expenditure and war; The impact of the Napoleonic Wars; Economy, society and the fiscal military state; Conclusion; 3 Agriculture and the Industrial Revolution; Productivity and innovation; Productivity estimates; Technical innovations; Capitalist farming; Enclosure 327 $aThe marketing of agricultural produceThe dynamic links; The release of labour; The supply of food, raw materials and exports; Incomes, real incomes and the home market; Agriculture as a consumer of goods and services; The release of capital; Conclusion; Part Two: The Industrial Revolution; 4 Regions and Industries; The regional perspective; National considerations; Regional diversity; Proto-industrialisation: the location; Proto-industrialisation: dynamic influences; Capital, labour and innovation; The West Riding of Yorkshire; Lancashire; Birmingham and the West Midlands 327 $aCoalfield industrialisation: the case of Northumberland and DurhamDeindustrialisation: the case of the Weald; Cumbria: a case of contrasts; Conclusion; 5 Demography and Labour; Population change; Wrigley and Schofield''s analysis; Problems with the preventive check; Proto-industrialisation and demography; Proletarianisation, work opportunities and the family wage economy; Mortality; Urbanisation; Theories of urban growth; The impact of urbanisation; Migration; Population growth and economic growth; The family and labour supply; Conclusion; 6 Consumption and Commerce; The sources of demand 327 $aDemand and innovationInternal demand; A consumer revolution; A consumer revolution?; The integration of supply and demand; External commerce, colonies and markets; The pattern of overseas trade; The impact of overseas trade; Gentlemanly capitalism and overseas expansion; The slave trade; Slavery and the industrial revolution; Slavery: an assessment; Conclusion; 7 Class and Gender; Class and the industrial revolution; Crime and the dangerous classes; Factors in the formation of the working class; The industrial revolution without class?; Capitalist class or classes? 327 $aGentlemanly capitalism and the industrial revolution 330 $aThis is an introduction to the Industrial Revolution which offers an integrated account of the economic and social aspects of change during the period. Recent revisionist thinking has implied that fundamental change in economic, social and political life at the time of the Industrial Revolution was minimal or non-existent. The author challenges this interpretation, arguing that the process of revision has gone too far; emphasizing continuity at the expense of change and neglecting many historically unique features of the economy and society. Elements given short shrift in many current interpre 410 0$aReading history. 606 $aIndustrial revolution$zGreat Britain$xHistoriography 606 $aIndustrial policy$zGreat Britain$xHistoriography 607 $aGreat Britain$xEconomic conditions$xHistoriography 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndustrial revolution$xHistoriography. 615 0$aIndustrial policy$xHistoriography. 676 $a338.0941 700 $aHudson$b Pat$f1948-$0136785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458731003321 996 $aThe industrial revolution$91745325 997 $aUNINA