TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Brinley
TI  - The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic economy: selected essays 
SN  - 0203161211
AV  - HC254.5 .T484 1993eb
U1  - 330.941/07 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Industrial revolution
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Energy development
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Révolution industrielle
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Énergie
KW  - Développement
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Economic Conditions
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Economics
KW  - Comparative
KW  - Economic History
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1760-1860
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - History, 1714-1901
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Essays, with some revisions and updating, most of which were previously published in various journals; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Britain's energy crisis in the seventeenth century -- The first Atlantic economy, 1700-1776 -- The end of the Charcoal Iron Age -- Feeding England, 1760-1846 : a view from the Celtic fringe -- Henry Cort and the primacy of Britain -- Robert Owen (1771-1858) -- Demographic determinants of British and American building cyckes, 1870-1913 -- Long swings and the Atlantic economy -- A cauldron of rebirth : the Industrial Revolution and the Welsh language -- A plea for an organic approach to economic growth
N2  - In 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
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