Description: Continuity, Chance and Change by E.A. Wrigley, Edward Anthony Wrigley It explores the Industrial Revolution in terms of paradox and provides a distinct 'model' to study the changes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Industrial Revolution produced the modern world, a world of increased affluence, longevity, urbanization, and travel. This book illuminates how the great surge of economic growth that determined these changes was not expected, and often went unnoticed. The author begins by discussing the kind of substantial economic growth that was predicted at the time, and goes on to cover the growth that was unexpected. The link between these two types of growth is presented in the context of English economic growth between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries and leads the author to challenge convincingly the conventional view that the Industrial Revolution was a simple, unitary, and consciously progressive phenomenon. .E.A. Wrigley is Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University. He is the author of several books, among them, Population and History (McGraw-Hill) The Population History of England (CUP) and Continuity, Chance and Change (CUP). Author Biography Professor Sir E. A. Wrigley is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge, former Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and former President of the British Academy. Table of Contents List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Definitions and concepts; 2. The advanced organised economy; 3. The mineral-based energy economy; 4. Numbers and notions; References; Index. Review ... an intellectual breakthrough which, like it or not, will influence all our thinking in the future ... Brief though it is, the book makes a profound impression. Much research will be necessary to extend and modify it, but here undoubtedly is a major contribution of our time. Sidney Pollard, Economic History Review General history is often interesting, but rarely important and searching. Continuity, Chance and Change succeeds on all three counts. Julian Hoppit, Times Higher Education Supplement Review Quote "Wrigleys scheme has much to recommend it...It brings some enormously important and largely neglected aspects of the industrial revolution into the open, and creates a new and fruitful dimension to it by emphasizing phased growth and the element of chance in the presence of resources. It helps also to explain the fears felt towards it by contemporaries and the difficulties of imitating it elsewhere. It will stimulate renewed interest in the industrial revolution. In addition to which it is elegantly written and mercifully limited in length. Who could ask for more?" Sidney Pollard, Economic History Review Promotional "Headline" It explores the Industrial Revolution in terms of paradox and provides a distinct model to study the changes. Description for Bookstore The Industrial Revolution brought affluence, longevity and mobility, and a great surge of economic growth was balanced against severe constraints on the opportunities for expansion, revealing an intriguing paradox. This book explores the paradox and attempts to provide a distinct model of the changes that comprise the Industrial Revolution. Description for Library The Industrial Revolution brought affluence, longevity and mobility, and a great surge of economic growth was balanced against severe constraints on the opportunities for expansion, revealing an intriguing paradox. This book explores the paradox and attempts to provide a distinct model of the changes that comprise the Industrial Revolution. Details ISBN0521396573 Author Edward Anthony Wrigley Pages 156 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521396573 ISBN-13 9780521396578 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 338.094 Illustrations Yes Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-02-28 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1931 Affiliation All Souls College, Oxford Short Title CONTINUITY CHANCE & CHANGE REV Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780521396578 Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 1990-11-30 AU Release Date 1990-11-30 NZ Release Date 1990-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91388592;
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ISBN-13: 9780521396578
Book Title: Continuity, Chance and Change
Number of Pages: 156 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Continuity, Chance and Change: the Character of the Industrial Revolution in England
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1990
Subject: Economics
Item Height: 213 mm
Item Weight: 200 g
Type: Textbook
Author: E. A. Wrigley
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
