Overview

Taken in conjunction the author’s earlier Industrial and Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain during the Nineteenth Century, this classic volume provides a thoroughly workmanlike study of the rise and progress of industrialism. Here she surveys the main developments in the agricultural, industrial, mechanical transport and commercial policy of France. Germany, Russia and the United States. It provides the handiest manual available of the comparative history of industrialism. It is an absolute godsend to students. This book was first published in 1932.

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Author:   L.C.A. Knowles
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780415847216

ISBN 10:   0415847214
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: General Introduction 1. Leading Features of the Economic History of the Great Powers in the Nineteenth Century 2. Main Periods and Their Characteristics Part 2: The Agricultural Revolution 1. Personal Freedom and the Agricultural Revolution 2. France and the Agricultural Revolution 3. Germany and the Agricultural Revolution 4. Russia and the Agricultural Revolution 5. Agricultural Development in the United States Part 3: The Industrial Revolution 1. France and the Industrial Revolution 2. Germany and the Industrial Revolution 3. Russia and the Industrial Revolution 4. Industrial Development in the United States Part 4: The Revolution Wrought by Mechanical Transport 1. Transport in France 2. Transport in Germany 3. Transport in Russia 4. Transport in the United States Part 5: National Commercial Policies 1. French Tariffs 2. The German Zollverein 3. Russian Fiscal Policy 4. Tariff History in the United States 5. National Expansion Part 6: Growth of State Action 1. Action 2. Causes Bibliography Index

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