This volume has three main themes. First, there is the concept of the Industrial Revolution and its main characteristics, and the author defends both the term and the notions behind it against attempts to play down their significance. A particular interest is the comparison of what happened to Britain with similar processes in other European countries. The second theme is the set of problems facing the early entrepreneurs and managers. Their difficulties, as pioneers in the economic as well as the social sphere, are often underrated, and are here explored in detail. Last, there is an emphasis on the characteristic feature of industrialisation as a regional phenomenon, and on the significance of particular regions in the entire process. All three themes have called forth extended debate, in which these essays have played an important part.
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Sidney Pollard (21 April 1925--22 November 1998) vii Peter Mathias Acknowledgements xi THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Investment, Consumption, and the Industrial Revolution 1(12) The Economic History Review 11, no. 2), pp. 215--226. Cambridge, 1958 The Concept of the Industrial Revolution 13(34) Technology and Enterprise in a Historical Perspective, ed. G. Dosi, R. Giannetti and P.A. Toninelli), pp. 29--62. Oxford, 1992 The Industrial Revolution - An Overview 47(18) The Industrial Revolution in National Context, ed. M. Teich and R. Porter pp. 371--388. Cambridge, 1996 Political Competition and the British Industrial Revolution 65(16) Political Competition, Innovation and Growth: A Historical Analysis, ed. P. Bernholz, M.E. Streit and R. Vaubel, pp. 223--237. Heidelberg, 1998 MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS IN THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Capital Accounting in the Industrial Revolution 81(17) Yorkshire Bulletin of Economic and Social Research 15, no. 2, pp. 75--91, Hull, 1963 Factory Discipline in the Industrial Revolution 98(19) The Economic History Review 16, no. 2, pp. 254--271. Cambridge, 1963 The Factory Village in the Industrial Revolution 117(20) The English Historical Review 79, no. 312), pp. 513--531. Oxford, 1964 Fixed Capital in the Industrial Revolution in Britain 137(16) Journal of Economic History 24, no. 3, pp. 299--314. Cambridge, 1964 The Genesis of the Managerial Profession: The Experience of the Industrial Revolution in Britain 153(24) Studies in Romanticism 4, no.
2. pp. 57--80. Boston, 1965 INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE REGIONS AND THE COAL INDUSTRY Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution 177(42) People and Communities in the Western World, vol. 2, ed. G. Drucker, pp. 117--158. Homewood, Illinois, 1979 Regional Markets and National Development 219(28) Markets and Manufacture in Early Industrial Europe, ed. M. Berg, pp. 29--56. London, 1991 The Concept of Regional Industrialization: The British Experience 247(25) Jahrbuch fur Wirtschafts Geschichte, pp. 11--35. Berlin, 1992 A New Estimate of British Coal Production, 1750--1850 272(24) The Economic History Review 33, no. 2, pp. 212--235. Cambridge, 1980 Capitalism and Rationality: A Study of Measurements in British Coal Mining, ca. 1750--1850 296(21) Explorations in Economic History 20, pp. 110--129. London, 1983 Index 317
Sidney Pollard, formerly University of Bielefeld, Germany, Edited by Colin Holmes
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