num_pages: 484
description: This three-volume set succeeds the first edition originally published in 1981. Volume 1 covers the period 1700-1860, that of Britain's rise to relative economic supremacy. Volume 2 discusses the period 1860-1939, that of the height of British economic power and of painful readjustment after 1914. Volume 3 considers the period since 1939, that of relative economic decline and of increasing involvement with the European Community.
language: English
title: The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume 1: 1700-1860
titlecomplete: The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume 1: 1700-1860
genres: Economics, History
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Cambridge University Press