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Crafts, N. F. R. (2011) Explaining the first industrial revolution : two views. European Review of Economic History, Volume 15 (Number 1). pp. 153-168. doi:10.1017/S1361491610000201 ISSN 1361-4916.
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Abstract
This review article looks at the recent books on the British Industrial Revolution by Robert Allen and Joel Mokyr. Both writers seek to explain Britain's primacy. This article offers a critical but sympathetic account of the main arguments of the two authors, considering both the economic logic and the empirical validity of their rival claims. In each case, the ideas are promising but the evidence base seems in need of further support. It may be that eventually these explanations for British economic leadership at the turn of the nineteenth century are recognized as complementary rather than competing.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Industrial Revolution, Economic history | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Review of Economic History | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 1361-4916 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 15 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 153-168 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S1361491610000201 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Crafts, N. F. R. (2010). Explaining the first Industrial Revolution : two views. Coventry: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (CAGE Online Working Paper Series, no.10/2010). http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/44710 | ||||
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