Continuity, Chance and Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England

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The Industrial Revolution brought into being a distinct world, a world of greater affluence, longevity and mobility, an urban rather than a rural world. But the great surge of economic growth was balanced against severe constraints on the opportunities for expansion, revealing an intriguing paradox. This book, published to considerable critical acclaim, explores the paradox and attempts to provide a distinct model' of the changes that comprised the industrial revolution.

Author(s): Edward Anthony Wrigley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1988

Language: English
Pages: 146
City: Cambridge

Introduction
1 - Definitions and concepts
2 - The advanced organic economy
3 - The mineral-based energy economy
4 - Numbers and notions