Economy and Society in 19th Century Britain

by Tames,Richard

• ISBN13: 9780415382502
• ISBN10: 0415382505
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Diagrams and Graphs	p. 13
A Century of Economic Growth	p. 15
1793-1815. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars	p. 16
1815-42. The Crisis of Capitalism	p. 19
1842-73. The Great Victorian Boom	p. 21
1873-96. The Great Depression	p. 23
1896-1914. Indian Summer	p. 25
Further Reading	p. 26
Population - Its Growth, Impact and Movement	p. 28
The Origins of Population Growth	p. 28
Population in the Nineteenth Century	p. 31
The Effects of Population Growth	p. 32
External Migration	p. 33
Internal Migration	p. 36
Further Reading	p. 38
Urbanisation and the Housing Problem	p. 40
The Nature of the Problem	p. 40
The Solution	p. 41
The State of the Towns	p. 42
Attempts to Tackle the Housing Problem	p. 44
Conclusion	p. 45
Further Reading	p. 46
Industry	p. 47
The Pace of Progress	p. 47
The Staple Industries	p. 49
Cotton	p. 49
Coal	p. 50
Iron and Steel	p. 52
Engineering	p. 54
Conclusions	p. 55
The Growth Industries	p. 56
Further Reading	p. 58
Agriculture	p. 59
Its Role in the Industrial Revolution	p. 59
The State of Agriculture in 1815	p. 60
The Corn Law of 1815	p. 61
The Problems of Post-War Agriculture	p. 62
The Struggle for the Corn Laws	p. 64
High Farming - The Golden Age	p. 65
The Depression in Agriculture	p. 66
Re-adjustment	p. 67
Further Reading	p. 68
Transport	p. 70
Roads and Canals	p. 70
Roads	p. 70
Canals	p. 72
Railways	p. 74
The Impact of the Railways	p. 75
Short-term	p. 75
Long-term	p. 76
Shipping	p. 78
Further Reading	p. 81
Overseas Trade and Foreign Investment	p. 83
Trade and the Industrial Revolution	p. 83
The French Wars	p. 84
The Advent of Free Trade	p. 84
The Export Economy	p. 85
The Balance of Payments	p. 88
Foreign Investment	p. 90
Further Reading	p. 92
Life and Labour	p. 94
Standards of Living	p. 94
The Early Nineteenth Century - the Debate	p. 94
The Great Victorian Boom	p. 97
The Great Depression	p. 98
Edwardian England	p. 101
Labour Organisation	p. 102
Trade Unionism	p. 103
To 1850. The Early Development	p. 103
1851-75. The Period of Consolidation	p. 104
1880-1914. The Period of Growth	p. 105
Self-Help	p. 106
Poverty	p. 108
Further Reading	p. 110
Education	p. 112
Education for 'Take-Off'	p. 112
Education and Economic Growth	p. 117
Further Reading	p. 122
Finance	p. 123
The Money Market	p. 123
The Capital Market	p. 128
Perfection of the Credit Mechanism	p. 129
Further Reading	p. 131
The Role of Government	p. 132
Further Reading	p. 134
The Structure of Society	p. 135
The Emergence of the Working Class	p. 137
The Rise of the Middle Class	p. 142
The Survival of the Aristocracy	p. 145
Further Reading	p. 147
Table of Events	p. 148
Index of Names	p. 153
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