The first industrial revolution/
Phyllis Deane
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- ix, 318 p. ; 22 cm.
The starting-point -- The demographic revolution -- The agricultural revolution -- The commercial revolution -- The transport revolution -- The cotton industry -- The iron industry -- The chronology of innovation -- The role of labour -- The role of capital -- The role of the banks -- The adoption of free trade -- The role of government -- Economic growth and economic cycles -- Standards of living -- The achievement.