{"product_id":"british-economic-history-1870-1914-commentary-and-documents-paperback-9780521093620","title":"British Economic History 1870–1914; Commentary and Documents (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521093620","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritish Economic History 1870–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommentary and Documents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe concern of this book is with the economic characteristics and transformations of British society in the thirty or forty years before 1914.\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\"\u003e9780521093620, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1965\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.68 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\"\u003eHistory is the essence of innumerable lives and as such beyond our understanding. We can only, as people say, form an idea of it. To sort out in every generation our ideas of history and to test them against the evidence available is the task of the historian. Unless this is done, human society remains without true knowledge of its past and presumably indifferent to its future. The concern of this book is with the economic characteristics and transformations of British society in the thirty or forty years before 1914, within the lifetime of men and women who had already reached middle-life when the First World War broke out.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Paths of Economic Change: 1. The Climate of Economic Expectations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Change on the Farm\u003cbr\u003e 3. Old Industries and New\u003cbr\u003e 4. Incomes Earned Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 5. Competition and Monopoly\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Who Gained by Change? The Welfare of the Person and the Safety of the State: 6. Studies in Poverty\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Wages Bargain\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Concept of the Minimum\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Economics of Empire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\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":45913188532504,"sku":"9780521093620","price":41.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521093620i_fad20633-27bf-4661-b336-a087cf26522a.jpg?v=1694970518","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/british-economic-history-1870-1914-commentary-and-documents-paperback-9780521093620","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}