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Author More, Charles.

Title The industrial age : economy and society in Britain, 1750-1985 / Charles More
Published London ; New York : Longman, 1989

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Description xi, 449 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents pt. 1. Industrialisation 1750-1830 ch. 1. Agriculture and rural society. ch. 2. Population, migration and labour supply. ch. 3. Towns, transport, and internal trade. ch. 4. Foreign trade. ch. 5. Money, banking and finance. ch. 6. Manufacturing and mining. ch. 7. Government, war and the economy. ch. 8. The aggregate economy. ch. 9. Industrial revolution? -- pt. 2. The industrial economy 1830-1914 ch. 10. Into the railway age. ch. 11. Population, migration and labour supply. ch. 12. The workshop of the world : maufacturing and mining. ch. 13. The service economy. ch. 14. Agriculture and rural society. ch. 15. Foreign trade and empire. ch. 16. Banking and finance. ch. 17. The end of economic supremacy -- pt. 3. Industrialisation and society 1750-1914 ch. 18. Incomes and consumption. ch. 19. Industrialisation and the family. ch. 20. Work and leisure. 21. Rank and classes. ch. 22. Employers and unions. ch. 23. From laissez-faire to collectivism? : government economic and social policy -- pt. 4. Prosperity and problems : the economy 1914-85 ch. 24. Britain and the world economy. ch. 25. Economic performance and government policy 1914-39. ch. 26. Economic performance and government policy 1939-1985. ch. 27. Population, migration and labour supply. ch. 28. Business organisation and management. ch. 29. Trade unions in the twentieth century. ch. 30. Banking and finance. ch. 31. Production and distribution. ch. 32. Change and decay : economic performance in the long run -- pt. 5. Economy and society 1914-1985 ch. 333 Prosperity and poverty. ch. 34. Social policy 1914-85. ch. 35. Work and leisure. ch. 36. A middle-class society?
Analysis Great Britain Economic conditions, 1700-1985
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 408-413
Subject Industries -- Great Britain -- History.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056671
Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Industries -- History
LC no. 88008990
ISBN 0582034515
0582494273 (paperback)
Other Titles Economy and society in Britain, 1750-1985