The authors use a long-wave framework to examine the historical evolution of British industrial capitalism since the late-18th century, and present a challenging and distinctive economic history of modern and contemporary Britain. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on the economic history of modern Britain (within history, economic and social history, economic history and economic degree schemes), and economic theory courses.
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978-1-85728-408-9 (9781857284089)
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Introduction - theories of industrial capitalism and the long wave - a neo-Schumpetern approach. Part 1 The first Kondratieff: the industrial revolution Kondratieff - the structural balance of the economy; the road to free trade and the crisis of industrial capitalism c. 1815 to 1840s. Part 2 The second Kondratieff: Britain as the workshop of the world - the supremacy of manufacturing in mid-Victorian Britain; the faltering industrial economy - a Kondratieff in the late Victorian period. Part 3 The third Kondratieff: Chandler's critique of British industrial capitalism - the legcacy of the small manufacturing firm examined; business and the state - industry in the Great Depression. Part 4 The fourth Kondratieff: the long boom - British manufacturing success or failure c. 1950-73; de-industrialization - the manufacturing base and the Thatcher experiment.
