--- product_id: 186391902 title: "The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)" price: "¥14784" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/186391902-the-british-industrial-revolution-in-global-perspective-new-approaches-to store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) **Price:** ¥14784 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) - **How much does it cost?** ¥14784 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/186391902-the-british-industrial-revolution-in-global-perspective-new-approaches-to) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison to other countries in Europe and Asia. As a result, the breakthrough technologies of the industrial revolution - the steam engine, the cotton mill, and the substitution of coal for wood in metal production - were uniquely profitable to invent and use in Britain. The high wage economy of pre-industrial Britain also fostered industrial development since more people could afford schooling and apprenticeships. It was only when British engineers made these new technologies more cost-effective during the nineteenth century that the industrial revolution would spread around the world. Review: This is a wonderful book, both clearly written and organized - This is a wonderful book, both clearly written and organized. It sets forth well-reasoned and apparently original ideas about the causes of the industrial revolution and why it began in Britain and not elsewhere. I am not in a position to evaluate either the novelty or the accuracy of the author’s ideas, but they are convincingly presented and thoroughly documented. His ideas stress the British industrial environment, coal and iron, and steam, downplaying the usual emphasis on cotton. Make no mistake, this is serious history, not light reading. It suffers, too, from modern publishing’s usual shortcomings, e.g. footnotes have become endnotes, rather than appearing at the bottom of the page, where they belong (which computers should have, but have not, facilitated). At least, Cambridge U.P. appears still to employ copy editors, as I did not encounter any typos, now a rare event, and only one inaccurate reference, to a Figure 8.4, which does not exist. (Plate 8.4 seems to have been meant.) Review: What happened to our cheap energy! - This book I bought for my husband! His own words.... "Very well written and interesting book. As a non economist I found some parts a bit heavy and the book could be greatly improved by higher quality tables". ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #689,340 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #60 in Industrialisation & Industrial History #921 in Economic History (Books) #2,469 in European History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 97 Reviews | ## Images ![The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/717u4haLtUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a wonderful book, both clearly written and organized *by J***Y on 3 October 2017* This is a wonderful book, both clearly written and organized. It sets forth well-reasoned and apparently original ideas about the causes of the industrial revolution and why it began in Britain and not elsewhere. I am not in a position to evaluate either the novelty or the accuracy of the author’s ideas, but they are convincingly presented and thoroughly documented. His ideas stress the British industrial environment, coal and iron, and steam, downplaying the usual emphasis on cotton. Make no mistake, this is serious history, not light reading. It suffers, too, from modern publishing’s usual shortcomings, e.g. footnotes have become endnotes, rather than appearing at the bottom of the page, where they belong (which computers should have, but have not, facilitated). At least, Cambridge U.P. appears still to employ copy editors, as I did not encounter any typos, now a rare event, and only one inaccurate reference, to a Figure 8.4, which does not exist. (Plate 8.4 seems to have been meant.) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What happened to our cheap energy! *by F***A on 19 February 2012* This book I bought for my husband! His own words.... "Very well written and interesting book. As a non economist I found some parts a bit heavy and the book could be greatly improved by higher quality tables". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why did the Industrial Revolution happen? *by S***H on 12 July 2009* Professor Allen has written the first book on the Industrial Revolution to make sense. Few subjects have such a lasting importance. If we knew how and why the Industrial Revolution happened, we could probably repeat it all over the world in those countries now labouring under the age-old burden of poverty. There have been dozens of theories why Britain, an offshore island of Europe with nothing in the way of culture or resources that did not exist in greater abundance on the continent of Europe, should have given birth to the Industrial Revolution. What Allen has done is to make sense of this epoch in business terms. The unique combination of high wages and cheap energy in England and Scotland allowed the clumsy and inefficient machines of the late eighteenth century to make fortunes for their owners. A virtuous spiral ensued. For anyone seeking to understand the world in which they find themselves, this book is essential reading. ## Frequently Bought Together - The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) - Why Did Europe Conquer the World? 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