[The First Industrial Nation The Economic History of Britain Books ] Free Read as PDF Author Peter Mathias
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T First published in 1969 The First Industrial Nation is widely recognised as a classic text for students of the industrial revolution
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This celebrated and seminal text examines the industrial revolution from its genesis in pre industrial Britain through its development
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And into maturity A chapter by chapter analysis explores topics such as economic growth agriculture trade finance labour and transpor
Non economist's thoughts Fairly approachable for someone with only slight understanding of economics although you might want to skip some of the denser tables and discussionIn addition to titular economic history also discusses conditions in 17th and 18th centuries that allowed the start of the industrial transformation and discusses problems British industry ran into in second half of 19th and in 20th century as othe
I read this for a first year degree course in economic and social history Considering I spent my first year arguing about religion and philosophy reading Camus and Sartre drinking beer and chasing girls not necessarily in that order then the book must be ok because I passed the course
Peter Mathias' book is a standard for students of economic history Simply a classic