The British industrial revolution
Subtitle: an economic perspective
By: edited by Joel Mokyr.
Contributors: Mokyr, Joel.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press; Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Industrial revolution -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1760-1860
Description: The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it? And what kind of "moment" could it have been? These are just some of the larger questions among the many that economic historians continue to debate.

Addressing the various interpretations and assumptions that have been attached to the concept of the Industrial Revolution, Joel Mokyr and his four distinguished contributors present and defend their views on essential aspects of the Industrial Revolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-330) and index.
A collection of 4 new or updated essays and the editor's introduction, a survey and evaluation of contemporary research.