The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Allen, Robert C.

 
9780198706786: The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Introducing the "winners" and the "losers" of the Industrial Revolution, Allen looks at how the changes were reflected in evolving government policies, and what contribution these made to the economic transformation.
Introducing the "winners" and the "losers" of the Industrial Revolution, he looks at how the changes were reflected in evolving government policies, and what contribution these made to the economic transformation.

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Robert C. Allen is Global Distinguished Professor of Economic History at New York University Abu Dhabi research university, and a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Allen has written on English agricultural history, international competition in the steel industry, the extinction of whales, and contemporary policies on education. His articles have won the Cole Prize, the Redlich Prize, and the Explorations Prize. His books include Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450-1850 (2009), and Farm to Factory: A Re-interpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (2003), both of which won the Ranki Prize of the Economic History Association, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (2009), and Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction (2011). Robert Allen is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Canada.

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