LEADER 04092nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910782044303321 005 20230912163024.0 010 $a1-282-85560-3 010 $a9786612855603 010 $a0-7735-6293-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773562936 035 $a(CKB)1000000000523209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236623 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250657 035 $a(PQKB)11225423 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400999 035 $a(CaBNvSL)mat00326176 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331775 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10187737 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285560 035 $a(OCoLC)923232985 035 $a(DE-B1597)655083 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773562936 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/whvvqk 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331775 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3249009 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000523209 100 $a19901218d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe role of transportation in the Industrial Revolution$b[electronic resource] $ea comparison of England and France /$fRick Szostak 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1991 215 $axii, 331 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-0840-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [309]-327 and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables and Figures -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tEnglish and French Transport Compared -- $tThe English Iron Industry -- $tThe French Iron Industry -- $tThe English Textiles Industry -- $tThe French Textiles Industry -- $tPottery -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSzostak 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. 606 $aTransportation$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTransportation$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMetal trade$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMetal trade$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTextile industry$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTextile industry$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aEngland$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 615 0$aTransportation$xHistory 615 0$aTransportation$xHistory 615 0$aMetal trade$xHistory 615 0$aMetal trade$xHistory 615 0$aTextile industry$xHistory 615 0$aTextile industry$xHistory 676 $a388/.0942/09033 700 $aSzostak$b Rick$f1959-$0914218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782044303321 996 $aThe role of transportation in the Industrial Revolution$93802377 997 $aUNINA