The Vital Century: England's Economy 1714-1815

by John Rule

Book Overview

Long neglected, the Eighteenth Century is now the focus for much of the most exciting work in history today. This new research has so altered and expanded our understanding of the Georgian economy that some historians now question the very idea of an Industrial Revolution'. John Rule uses the latest scholarship for a comprehensive and magisterial review -- of population, output, agriculture, manufacture, labour, communications, towns, finance and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582494257
• ISBN13: 9780582494251
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A reference more than a reading book

The Vital Century is not a book for the faint-hearted historian. It is packed with facts, graphs, tables and not a single picture graces its more than 300 pages. It is however an invaluable reference book for those of you, like me, who are interested in British History, and most especially in the Georgian age which started in 1714. This was a period of immense change in the social, political and economic structure of the country - the rapid decline in fatal epidemics and the rise of industrial revolution. Rule is methodical in his research and in demonstrating just what happened, why this was so and why, even into the middle of the nineteenth century, Britain stayed ahead of all other European countries. A fascinating and worthwhile book for your reference library.