The Industrial & Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain During the Nineteenth CenturyFirst Published in 2005. In this book, the author seeks to bring out the causes which led to the coming of machinery and which made Great Britain the workshop of the world for a large part of the nineteenth century. Knowles especially stresses the world position of the United Kingdom during the past century owing to the developments of mechanical transport which were the inevitable outcome of the mass production by machines. This title also aims to account for the great change in public opinion after 1870, which led to the growth of State control, not merely in industry, but in commerce, agriculture, transport and imperial relations. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION CAUSED BY MACHINERY | 15 |
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY | 110 |
THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION CAUSED BY MECHANICAL TRANSPORT | 180 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICAL TRANSPORT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PROBLEM OF STATE CONTROL OF TRANSPORT | 233 |
THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVOLUTIONS AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTIVE IMPERIALISM | 314 |
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