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1、TheBritishIndustrialRevolutioninGlobalPerspectiveWhydidtheIndustrialRevolutiontakeplaceineighteenth-centuryBritainandnotelsewhereinEuropeorAsia?InthisconvincingnewaccountRobertAllenarguesthattheBritishIndustrialRevolutionwasasuccessfulresponsetotheglobaleconomyoftheseventeenthand

2、eighteenthcenturies.HeshowsthatinBritainwageswerehighandcapitalandenergycheapincomparisontoothercountriesinEuropeandAsia.AsaresultthebreakthroughtechnologiesoftheIndustrialRevolutionthesteamengine,thecottonmill,andthesubstitutionofcoalforwoodinmetalproductionwereuniquelyprofitable

3、toinventanduseinBritain.Thehighwageeconomyofpre-industrialBritainalsofosteredindustrialdevelopmentsincemorepeoplecouldaffordschoolingandapprenticeships.ItwasonlywhenBritishengineersmadethesenewtechnologiesmorecost-effectiveduringthenineteenthcenturythattheIndustrialRevolutionwoul

4、dspreadaroundtheworld.RobertC.AllenisProfessorofEconomicHistoryatOxfordUniversityandafellowofNuffieldCollege.HisbooksincludeEnclosureandtheYeoman:TheAgriculturalDevelopmentoftheSouthMidlands,14501850(1992),andFarmtoFactory:ARe-interpretationoftheSovietIndustrialRevolution(2003),bo

5、thofwhichwontheRankiPrizeoftheEconomicHistoryAssociation.NEWAPPROACHESTOECONOMICANDSOCIALHISTORYEditedfortheEconomicHistorySocietybynigelgoose,UniversityofHertfordshirelarryneal,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-ChampaignNewApproachestoEconomicandSocialHistoryisanimportantnewtextbookse

6、riespublishedinassociationwiththeEconomicHistorySociety.Itprovidesconcisebutauthoritativesurveysofmajorthemesandissuesinworldeconomicandsocialhistoryfromthepost-Romanrecoverytothepresentday.Booksintheseriesarebyrecognisedauthoritiesoperatingatthecuttingedgeoftheirfieldwithanabilit

7、ytowriteclearlyandsuccinctly.Theseriesconsistsprincipallyofsingle-authorworks–academicallyrigor-ousandgroundbreaking–whichoffercomprehensive,analyticalguidesatalengthandlevelaccessibletoadvancedschoolstudentsandundergraduatehistoriansandeconomists.TheBritishIndustrialRevolutionin

8、GlobalPerspectiverobertc.allenUniversity