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An Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 1: The Early Railway Age 1820-1850
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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An Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 1: The Early Railway Age 1820-1850
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Clapham
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:648 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Economic history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521101073
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| Classifications | Dewey:330.941 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 February 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When this volume of work was published, The Times welcomed the book and the project in these words: Here - almost for the first time - we have a picture of normal society in a past age in the same fullness of detail as we can picture our own age. It is the beginning of what we have never had before, a history of the English people. The first volume of John Harold Clapham's remarkable and original work begins with a comprehensive description of Britain on the eve of the Railway Age, covering topics such as the organisation of agriculture, industry and commerce. The second half of the volume takes as its starting point the opening of Liverpool-Manchester Railway in 1830 and investigates the social and fiscal policies of this period of rapid change as well as the advances in engineering and their effects.
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