Poverty Progress and Population

图书标准信息

• 作者 E. A. Wrigley 著
• 出版社 Cambridge University Press
• 出版时间 2004-03
• ISBN 9780521529747
• 定价 334.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 478页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

BytheearlynineteenthcenturyEnglandwasverydifferenteconomicallyfromitscontinentalneighbours.Itwaswealthier,growingmorerapidly,moreheavilyurbanised,andfarlessdependentuponagriculture.Agenerationagoitwasnormaltoattributethesedifferencestothe'industrialrevolution'andtosupposethatthiswasmainlytheproductofrecentchange,butnolonger.Currentestimatessuggestonlyslowgrowthduringtheperiodfrom1760–1840.Thisimpliesthattheeconomywasmuchlargerandmoreadvancedby1760thanhadpreviouslybeensupposedandsuggeststhatgrowthintheprecedingcenturyortwomusthavebeendecisiveinbringingaboutthe'divergence'ofEngland.SirE.A.Wrigley,theleadinghistorianofindustrialBritain,hereexaminestheissueswhichariseinthisconnectionfromthreeviewpoints:economicgrowth;thetransformationoftheurban-ruralbalance;anddemographicchangeintheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies.

【作者简介】

ProfessorSirE.A.WrigleyisEmeritusProfessorofEconomicHistoryattheUniversityofCambridge,formerMasterofCorpusChristiCollege,Cambridge,andformerPresidentoftheBritishAcademy.