{"product_id":"an-economic-history-of-modern-britain-volume-1-the-early-railway-age-1820-1850-paperback-9780521101073","title":"An Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 1; The Early Railway Age 1820-1850 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521101073","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Early Railway Age 1820-1850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first volume of John Harold Clapham's remarkable and original work begins with a comprehensive description of Britain on the eve of the Railway Age.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Clapham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521101073, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e648 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.93 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\"\u003eWhen this volume of work was published, The Times welcomed the book and the project in these words: Here - almost for the first time - we have a picture of normal society in a past age in the same fullness of detail as we can picture our own age. It is the beginning of what we have never had before, a history of the English people. The first volume of John Harold Clapham's remarkable and original work begins with a comprehensive description of Britain on the eve of the Railway Age, covering topics such as the organisation of agriculture, industry and commerce. The second half of the volume takes as its starting point the opening of Liverpool–Manchester Railway in 1830 and investigates the social and fiscal policies of this period of rapid change as well as the advances in engineering and their effects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook I. Britain on the Eve of the Railway Age\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Face of the Country\u003cbr\u003e 2. Population\u003cbr\u003e 3. Communications\u003cbr\u003e 4. Agrarian Organisation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Industrial Organisation\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Organisation of Commerce\u003cbr\u003e 7. Money, Banking, Insurance and Special Commercial Organisations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Economic Activities of the State\u003cbr\u003e Book II. The Early Railway Age\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Railways and Railway Policy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Iron, coal, steam and engineering\u003cbr\u003e 11. Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 12. Overseas Trade and Commercial Policy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Banking, Prices and the Money Market\u003cbr\u003e 14. Life and Labour in Industrial Britain\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Plates and Diagrams.\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":45913221267736,"sku":"9780521101073","price":44.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-economic-history-of-modern-britain-volume-1-the-early-railway-age-1820-1850-paperback-9780521101073","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}