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Crafts, N. F. R. (2010) Explaining the first Industrial Revolution : two views. Working Paper. Coventry: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2010 (Number 10).
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Abstract
This review essay 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 paper 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: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Industrial revolution, Economic history | ||||
| Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
| Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
| Official Date: | August 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 2010 | ||||
| Number: | Number 10 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
| Version or Related Resource: | Also published: Crafts, Nicholas (2011). Explaining the first industrial revolution : two views. European Review of Economic History, 15(1), pp. 153-168. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/44634 | ||||
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