{"product_id":"a-concise-economic-history-of-britain-from-1750-to-recent-times-paperback-9780521092173","title":"A Concise Economic History of Britain; From 1750 to Recent Times (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521092173","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise Economic History of Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom 1750 to Recent Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Court investigates the economic life of Britain between 1750 and the onset of war in 1939.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. H. B. Court (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521092173, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 1954\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Court's independent sequel to Sir John Clapham's Concise Economic History of Britain to 1750 investigates the economic life of Britain between 1750 and the onset of war in 1939. He describes the growth of the first industrial state, its days of prosperity and the persistent grimmer features. The first part, 'The Growth of an Industrial State', has chapters on population, agriculture, industrial innovation, transport and overseas trade; the instability of the economy; the state and foreign balance; social setting and the influence of war. The second part, 'The Victorian Economy and After', describes economic life in the Victorian age to 1880; the vicissitudes of an industrial state; industry and the social order; the origins of the welfare state; Britain as the leader of the world's economy, and the challenge to that leadership between 1880 and 1939. Britain's life is still deeply affected for good and ill by the process Professor Court describes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Growth of an Industrial State, 1750–1837: 1. Population\u003cbr\u003e 2. Agriculture and the land system\u003cbr\u003e 3. The path of innovation in mining and manufacture\u003cbr\u003e 4. Transport and overseas trade\u003cbr\u003e 5. Investment, banking and the economy\u003cbr\u003e 6. The state and the foreign balance\u003cbr\u003e 7. The social setting and the influence of war\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Victorian Economy and After, 1837–1939: 8. Economic life in the Victorian age to 1880\u003cbr\u003e 9. The vicissitudes of an industrial state, 1880–1939\u003cbr\u003e 10. Industry and the social order in early and middle Victorian times 11. The origins of the welfare state, 1880–1939\u003cbr\u003e 12. First of the few: Great Britain as leader of the world's economy\u003cbr\u003e 13. A leader under challenge: Great Britain in the world economy, 1880–1939\u003cbr\u003e Indices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913144033560,"sku":"9780521092173","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-concise-economic-history-of-britain-from-1750-to-recent-times-paperback-9780521092173","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}