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New Directions in Economic and Social History

Volume II

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Anne Digby
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  2. Charles Feinstein
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  3. David Jenkins
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • A. Digby, C. H. Feinstein, D. T. Jenkins
      Pages 1-8

  3. The Early Industrial Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Proto-industrialisation

      • P. Hudson
      Pages 11-22

    3. Women’s Work and the Industrial Revolution

      • M. Berg
      Pages 23-36

    4. The French Wars (1793–1815) and Capital Formation during the Industrial Revolution

      • P. K. O’Brien
      Pages 37-48

  4. Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Road Transport and Economic Growth in the Eighteenth Century

      • J. Chartres
      Pages 51-63

    3. The Railway Age

      • D. Aldcroft
      Pages 64-80

  5. Labour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Labour in a Changing Economy, 1700–1850

      • J. Rule
      Pages 83-96

    3. Labour and Trade Unions in Great Britain, 1880–1939

      • C. Wrigley
      Pages 97-110

    4. Unemployment in Interwar Britain

      • B. Eichengreen
      Pages 111-122

  7. Problems of a Mature Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Slowing Down and Falling Behind: Industrial Retardation in Britain after 1870

      • C. H. Feinstein
      Pages 163-176

    3. The British Coal Industry between the Wars

      • B. Supple
      Pages 177-189
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About this book

Based on articles first published in Refresh (Recent Findings in Economic and Social History) this is the second volume in the highly successful New Directions in Economic and Social History which focuses on important and controversial issues in British history during the last three centuries. It discusses recent work showing how new archival material, new methods of analysis and new approaches have changed interpretations. The volume will enable teachers, lecturers and students to keep abreast of current advances in research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Directions in Economic and Social History

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II

  • Editors: Anne Digby, Charles Feinstein, David Jenkins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22448-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1992

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 211

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Economic History, Social History

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