Typology of Industrialization Processes in the Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

by A. Joseph Pollard

Overview

The industrial revolution in Great Britain was the first example of the transition to a modern industrial economy. Certain features of this transition were later copied and modified by other coutries undergoing the same process. This book considers the main similarities and differences in the process of industrialization, grouping the main countries

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783718650071
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/16/1990
Series:	Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics Series , #39
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sidney Pollard began his studies at the London School of Economics. From 1950 to 1980 he taught at the University of Sheffield, after 1963 as Professor of Economic History. Since 1980 he has been Professor of Economic History at the University of Bielefeld, West Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series, INTRODUCTION, PART 1. BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPE, PART 2. RAILWAYS AND COMPETITION: GERMANY, PART 3. THE LATECOMERS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Notes, References, Index