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Role of Transportation in the Industrial Revolution : A Comparison of England and France.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991Copyright date: ©1991Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (344 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773562936
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Role of Transportation in the Industrial RevolutionLOC classification:
  • HE243.S96 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 English and French Transport Compared -- 3 The English Iron Industry -- 4 The French Iron Industry -- 5 The English Textiles Industry -- 6 The French Textiles Industry -- 7 Pottery -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
Summary: Addressing the question of why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in England, Rick Szostak demonstrates the crucial role played by the development of a nation-wide network of land and water transport. He rejects revisionist arguments that downplay the significance of transportation to the Industrial Revolution, underrate the amplitude and influence of the English Industrial Revolution, and deny French economic retardation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 English and French Transport Compared -- 3 The English Iron Industry -- 4 The French Iron Industry -- 5 The English Textiles Industry -- 6 The French Textiles Industry -- 7 Pottery -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.

Addressing the question of why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in England, Rick Szostak demonstrates the crucial role played by the development of a nation-wide network of land and water transport. He rejects revisionist arguments that downplay the significance of transportation to the Industrial Revolution, underrate the amplitude and influence of the English Industrial Revolution, and deny French economic retardation.

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