Path to Sustained Growth - England s Transition From an Organic Economy to an Industrial

Charts Britain's transformation from the European periphery to a global economic power from the reign of Elizabeth I to Victoria.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Organic economies; 2. The classical economists; 3. Energy consumption; 4. Urban growth and agricultural productivity; 5. Changing occupational structure and consumer demand; 6. Demography and the economy; 7. Transport; 8. England in 1831; 9. The completion of the industrial revolution; 10. Review and reflection; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

E. A. Wrigley is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge and co-founder of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including Nineteenth-Century Society (Cambridge, 1972), Continuity, Chance and Change (Cambridge, 1988), Industrial Growth and Population Change (Cambridge, 1961), Poverty, Progress, and Population (Cambridge, 2004), The Population History of England, 1541–1871 (1981), People, Cities and Wealth (1987) and The Early English Censuses (2011).

Summary

Charts Britain's transformation from the European periphery to a global economic power over three centuries from the reign of Elizabeth I to Victoria. The book explores how new energy resources, population growth and urbanisation enabled Britain to overcome the constraints of an organic economy and forge a path to industrialisation.

Product details

• Authors: E. A. Wrigley, E. A. (University of Cambridge) Wrigley, Wrigley E. A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107135710
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13571-0
• No. of pages: 227
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, Industrialisation & Industrial History, C 1700 To C 1800, Industrialisation and industrial history