The Industrial Revolution in National Context
Europe and the USA

A volume of essays offering accounts of national experience during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the USA.

Mikulas Teich (Edited by), Roy Porter (Edited by)

9780521409407, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 November 1996

440 pages, 13 maps
23.5 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.751 kg

'… enormously impressive … The book can be commended to all who profess a serious interest in industrialization. The admirable lucidity of most of the contributions makes it readily accessible to undergraduates and other non-specialist readers. As an introduction to the merits of comparative economic history, and of the benefits which can be obtained from well edited collaborative ventures, it is a model'. History

The Industrial Revolution has been, and continues to be, the focus of massive historiographical as well as historical inquiry. This collection includes reappraisals by Phyllis Deane and by François Crouzet of their classic accounts of industrialisation in Britain and in France, and more generally broaches the wider issue of 'new approaches' which have been emerging for the understanding of the industrialising process in nations where it came somewhat later. In addition to grappling with questions of technical skills, economic analysis and the process of industrialisation, the authors also tackle questions of national politics and international relations. In addition to the roster of authors who examine individual national experiences, a general essay by Sidney Pollard takes into account the relative contributions of the distinct national experiences in western and eastern Europe, the USA and Japan, and assesses them as special cases of a more general phenomenon.

Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
General maps and graphs
Introduction Mikulá? Teich and Roy Porter
1. The British industrial revolution Phyllis Deane
2. France François Crouzet
3. The industrial revolution in Belgium Herman van der Wee
4. Industrialisation in the Netherlands J. L. van Zanden
5. German industrialisation Richard Tilly
6. Switzerland Bruno Fritzsche
7. Italy in the longue durée: the return of an old first-comer Carlo Poni and Giorgio Mori
8. A latecomer: the modernisation of the Spanish economy, 1800–1990 Gabriel Tortella
9. The industrial revolution in Sweden Bo Gustafsson
10. Austria: industrialisation in a multinational setting Herbert Matis
11. The industrial revolution: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia Milan My?ka
12. Hungary: a semi-successful peripheral industrialisation Ivan T. Berend
13. The industrial revolution and the countries of southeastern Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Ljuben Berov
14. Industrial revolution in Russia Roger Munting
15. Revolutions and continuities in American development William N. Parker
16. The industrial revolution - an overview Sidney Pollard
Index.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]