British and Public Policy 17761939
Subtitle: An Economic, Social and Political Perspective
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 31, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780521270861
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Central government; Public Affairs & Administration; History & Theory - General; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Economic History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Economic History; Great britain; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-Public Affairs & Administration; Politics - Current Events
First sentence: The domestic economy over which the British parliament presided after 1776 was being remade from within by the atomistic decision of individuals and groups of individuals who, secure in the state's defence of property rights and equality before the law, were busy creating new productive and trading enterprises, embodying a new range of technology and inducing a new set of economic and social relationships.