TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Robert C.
TI  - The British industrial revolution in global perspective
T2  - New approaches to economic and social history
SN  - 9780521868273 (hard)
AV  - HC 254.5 A428b 2009
U1  - 330.941/073 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Industrial revolution
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Economic history
KW  - 1750-1918
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-312) and index; The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy -- I: The pre-industrial economy -- The high-wage economy of pre-industrial Britain -- The agricultural revolution -- The cheap energy economy -- Why England succeeded -- II: The Industrial Revolution -- Why was the Industrial Revolution British? -- The steam engine -- Cotton -- Coke smelting -- Inventors, enlightenment and human capital -- From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1004/2009455156-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1004/2009455156-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1004/2009455156-t.html
ER  -