The Industrial Revolution in National Context
The Industrial Revolution in National Context
Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
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GBPThe Industrial Revolution has been, and continues to be, the focus of massive historiographical as well as historical inquiry. This collection includes reappraisals by Phyllis Deane and by François Crouzet of their classic accounts of industrialisation in Britain and in France, and more generally broaches the wider issue of 'new approaches' which have been emerging for the understanding of the industrialising process in nations where it came somewhat later. In addition to grappling with questions of technical skills, economic analysis and the process of industrialisation, the authors also tackle questions of national politics and international relations. In addition to the roster of authors who examine individual national experiences, a general essay by Sidney Pollard takes into account the relative contributions of the distinct national experiences in western and eastern Europe, the USA and Japan, and assesses them as special cases of a more general phenomenon.
- An examination in European and American national context of one of the most important phenomena of modern history
- Includes updates on two classic accounts of the industrial revolution, by Phyllis Deane and François Crouzet
- Covers western, eastern and southern Europe, and the USA, with references to the far east
Reviews & endorsements
'… enormously impressive … The book can be commended to all who profess a serious interest in industrialization. The admirable lucidity of most of the contributions makes it readily accessible to undergraduates and other non-specialist readers. As an introduction to the merits of comparative economic history, and of the benefits which can be obtained from well edited collaborative ventures, it is a model'. History
Product details
November 1996Paperback
9780521409407
440 pages
235 × 160 × 30 mm
0.751kg
13 maps
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Table of Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- General maps and graphs
- Introduction Mikulá∫ Teich and Roy Porter
- 1. The British industrial revolution Phyllis Deane
- 2. France François Crouzet
- 3. The industrial revolution in Belgium Herman van der Wee
- 4. Industrialisation in the Netherlands J. L. van Zanden
- 5. German industrialisation Richard Tilly
- 6. Switzerland Bruno Fritzsche
- 7. Italy in the longue durée: the return of an old first-comer Carlo Poni and Giorgio Mori
- 8. A latecomer: the modernisation of the Spanish economy, 1800–1990 Gabriel Tortella
- 9. The industrial revolution in Sweden Bo Gustafsson
- 10. Austria: industrialisation in a multinational setting Herbert Matis
- 11. The industrial revolution: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia Milan My∫ka
- 12. Hungary: a semi-successful peripheral industrialisation Ivan T. Berend
- 13. The industrial revolution and the countries of southeastern Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Ljuben Berov
- 14. Industrial revolution in Russia Roger Munting
- 15. Revolutions and continuities in American development William N. Parker
- 16. The industrial revolution - an overview Sidney Pollard
- Index.
