The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain
Summary
This celebrated and seminal work examines the industrial revolution, from its genesis in pre-industrial Britain, through its development and into maturity. The First Industrial Nation charts the changes in the British economy, agriculture, trade finance, labor and transport, from 1700 to the inter-war years of the twentieth century.
First published in 1969, and now with a new introduction The First Industrial Nation is widely recognized as the classic tome on the industrial revolution.
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