The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain 1700-1914 (University Paperbacks)
By Peter Mathias.
Description
The First Industrial Nation is firmly established as the core textbook of early modern and modern British economic history. It plots the course and explains the process of industrial development in Britain after 1700. Drawing on a wealth of comparative material it shows: * how Britian became the world's greatest industrial power* why competitive pressures of industrialisation brought unfamiliar difficulties* how all the main economic sectors were related. And Peter Mathias discusses: * the response and challenge of the international economy * Britain's development from first ...
ISBN(s)
041502756X, 9780415027564
