The industrial revolution the state, knowledge and global trade / William J. Ashworth.
| Author/creator | Ashworth, William J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017. |
| Description | xi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Debt: trade, finance and European war -- "The greatest dominion of the world': trade and textiles -- Silver and slaves: Britain and the Atlantic world -- South Asian 'weeds': the balance of trade and textiles -- State protection and industrial development -- The state as arbiter of production -- Balancing tax and industry: the regulation of domestic manufactures -- Culture and industry -- Technological innovation and industry -- Fiscal pressure and industry -- The lived experience: food and labour -- The rise of political economy during the Industrial Revolution. |
| Summary | "The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth. Indeed the origins of economic history, as a discipline, lie in 19th-century European and North American attempts to understand the foundation of this process. In this book, William J. Ashworth questions some of the orthodoxies concerning the history of the industrial revolution and offers a deep and detailed reassessment of the subject that focuses on the State and its role in the development of key British manufactures. In particular, he explores the role of State regulation and protectionism in nurturing Britain's negligible early manufacturing base. Taking a long view, from the mid 17th century through to the 19th century, the analysis weaves together a vast range of factors to provide one of the fullest analyses of the industrial revolution, and one that places it firmly within a global context, showing that the Industrial Revolution was merely a short moment within a much larger and longer global trajectory. This book is an important intervention in the debates surrounding modern industrial history will be essential reading for anyone interested in global and comparative economic history and the history of globalization."--Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-321) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021301707 |
| ISBN | 9781474286169 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 147428616X (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781474286466 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1474286461 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781474286183 (ePDF) |
| ISBN | 9781474286176 (ePub) |
| ISBN | 1474286186 (ePDF) |
| ISBN | 1474286178 (ePub) |
| Stock number | Bloomsbury USA Academic, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942 SAN 631-5011 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |