A Concise Economic History of Britain: From 1750 to Recent Times

by W.H.B. Court

Book Overview

Professor Court's independent sequel to Sir John Clapham's Concise Economic History of Britain to 1750 investigates the economic life of Britain between 1750 and the onset of war in 1939. He describes the growth of the first industrial state, its days of prosperity and the persistent grimmer features. The first part, 'The Growth of an Industrial State', has chapters on population, agriculture, industrial innovation, transport and overseas trade; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521092175
• ISBN13: 9780521092173
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"