1st Edition

The Industrial History of Modern England

By George Herbert Perris Copyright 2006
    632 Pages
    by Routledge

    632 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2005. The purpose of this title is to outline the facts and to interpret the spirit of the economic history of Britain one hundred and fifty years prior to original publication. The author chose to focus within such limits of social transformation and, from this, they then pursued to characterise the period, and the main current of thought which the play of economic forces has provoked. This title is structured chronologically - spanning from 1801 to 1900 divided in roughly 20-year intervals.

    Chpt 1. The Great Disruption

    Chpt 2. From the First Census to Peterloo 1801-1820

    Chpt 3. The Lowest Depth, 1821-1834

    Chpt 4. The Influence of the Economists

    Chpt 5. On the Verge of Revolution, 1833-1849

    Chpt 6. The World's Workshop, 1850-1866

    Chpt 7. The Liberal State, 1867-1885

    Chpt 8. The Awakening, 1886-1900

    Chpt 9. The New Age

    Biography

    Perris, George Herbert