The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

by Robert C. Allen

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521687853
• ISBN13: 9780521687850
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"