description: Based largely on archival and other primary sources, this collection of essays attempts to understand Britain's gain in--and subsequent loss of--economic preeminence during the industrial revolution, uncovering new statistical information on areas ranging from agriculture, mining, transportation, and insurance, to textiles, corn milling, steam power, and land.
language: English
title: Studies in Capital Formation in the United Kingdom 1750-1920
titlecomplete: Studies in Capital Formation in the United Kingdom 1750-1920
publisher: Clarendon Press