{"product_id":"britain-ascendant-studies-in-british-and-franco-british-economic-history-comparative-studies-in-franco-british-economic-history-hardback-9780521344340","title":"Britain Ascendant; Studies in British and Franco-British Economic History: Comparative Studies in Franco-British Economic History (Hardback) 9780521344340","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritain Ascendant\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in British and Franco-British Economic History: Comparative Studies in Franco-British Economic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFranqois Crouzet devoted much of his life to the study of European industrialisation, Britain ascendant draws together a series of essays, written in the course of his career.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrangois Crouzet (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521344340, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 January 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e524 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 3.4 cm, 0.906 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Crouzet was almost unique among French historians of the 1960s in his engagement with the complex problem of the takeoff of British industrialization.  He has participated in the debate with a group of mostly British scholars who for a generation raised interesting questions about when and why nations industrialized. And, unlike most historians on both sides of the channel, he has shown a real interest in how the British and French understand and misunderstand each other. This book well expresses this historian's project and should be of value to those seeking a better understanding of it.\"   Gary Cross, Journal of Modern History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFranqois Crouzet devoted much of his life to the study of European industrialisation, and Britain ascendant draws together a series of essays, written in the course of his career and  thoroughly revised, examining the rise of Britain to the position of dominance in the world economy of the nineteenth century, and the concomitant decline of France. This theme is explored from several angles, and the crucial question of 'why was Britain first?' discussed extensively. Special attention is paid to the problems of capital formation, foreign trade and the consequences of empire, but the political and military vicissitudes of the 'second One Hundred Years War' (1689–1815) and their economic implications are not neglected. In the concluding chapters of Britain ascendant Professor Crouzet examines some more contemporary aspects of Anglo-French economic relations. Throughout the book conventional wisdom is attacked and new views proposed of central issues like the linkages between the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial Revolution. The approach is systematically comparative, and draws on Professor Crouzet's unparalleled knowledge of the economic structure and organisation of both Britain and France at the onset of industrialisation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. England and France in the eighteenth century: a comparative analysis of two economic growths\u003cbr\u003e 2. Criticisms and self-criticisms of a comparison\u003cbr\u003e 3. When the Mediterranean looked to England\u003cbr\u003e 4. The sources of England's wealth: some French views in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 5. Capital formation in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Great Britain's response to the French Revolution and to Napoleon\u003cbr\u003e 8. Wars, blockade, and economic change in Europe, 1792–1815\u003cbr\u003e 9. variations on the North Atlantic Triangle from York-town to Waterloo\u003cbr\u003e 10. Western Europe and Great Britain: 'catching up' in the first half of the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 11. Trade and empire: the British experience from the establishment of free trade until the First World War\u003cbr\u003e 12. British coal in France in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 13. The core and the periphery of the core: Franco-british trade in the belle époque\u003cbr\u003e 14. Problems of communication between Britain and france in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\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":46007109255448,"sku":"9780521344340","price":89.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521344340i_2427890e-e51c-4467-b192-bf2ba33f3c84.jpg?v=1691375495","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/britain-ascendant-studies-in-british-and-franco-british-economic-history-comparative-studies-in-franco-british-economic-history-hardback-9780521344340","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}