British Economic Growth, 1688-1959

British Economic Growth, 1688-1959
Author: Phyllis Deane
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1967
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780751201970

Beginning at the time of the revolution in 1688, and ending in the 1950s, this book sets out to establish the main quantitative features of the British economy over as long a period as available statistics permit. Topics include changes in the population structure, industrial structure and more.

A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980

A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980
Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521403276

Historians and economists will find here what their fields have in common - the movement since the 1950s known variously as 'cliometrics', 'economic history', or 'historical economics'. A leading figure in the movement, Donald McCloskey, has compiled, with the help of George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, a highly comprehensive bibliography of historical economics covering the period up until 1980. The book will be useful to all economic historians, as well as quantitative historians, applied economists, historical demographers, business historians, national income accountants, and social historians.

The First Industrial Revolution

The First Industrial Revolution
Author: Phyllis Deane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1979
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521296090

This book identifies the strategic changes that affected Britain from 1750-1850.

British Economic Growth, 1270–1870

British Economic Growth, 1270–1870
Author: Stephen Broadberry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2015-01-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107070783

This is the first systematic quantitative account of British economic growth from the thirteenth century to the Industrial Revolution.

Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800

Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800
Author: Kenneth Morgan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2001-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316583813

This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development in the generations between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the era of the Younger Pitt. During this period Britain's trade became 'Americanised' and industrialisation began to occur in the domestic economy. The slave trade and the broader patterns of Atlantic commerce contributed important dimensions of British economic growth although they were more significant for their indirect, qualitative contribution than for direct quantitative gains. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and British economic history.

Technological Change

Technological Change
Author: Robert Fox
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 1996
Genre: Technological innovations
ISBN: 3718657929

Technological Change gathers together examples of the best current thinking on methodology and the theoretical perspectives that are increasingly of concern to historians of technology, whilst at the same time presenting other papers which reflect the 'state of the art' in key areas of historical debate. The volume emphasises the need both to establish a common forum for theoretical and empirical research and also to delineate the shared concerns of these two treatments, which are too often reflected as conflicting rather than mutually supportive approaches to the writing of the history of technology.