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1、TheBritishIndustrialRevolutioninGlobalPerspectiveWhydidtheIndustrialRevolutiontakeplaceineighteenth-centuryBritainandnotelsewhereinEuropeorAsia?InthisconvincingnewaccountRobertAllenarguesthattheBritishIndustrialRevolutionwasasuccessfulresponsetotheglobaleconomyoftheseventeenthand
2、eighteenthcenturies.HeshowsthatinBritainwageswerehighandcapitalandenergycheapincomparisontoothercountriesinEuropeandAsia.AsaresultthebreakthroughtechnologiesoftheIndustrialRevolutionthesteamengine,thecottonmill,andthesubstitutionofcoalforwoodinmetalproductionwereuniquelypro?table
3、toinventanduseinBritain.Thehighwageeconomyofpre-industrialBritainalsofosteredindustrialdevelopmentsincemorepeoplecouldaffordschoolingandapprenticeships.ItwasonlywhenBritishengineersmadethesenewtechnologiesmorecost-effectiveduringthenineteenthcenturythattheIndustrialRevolutionwoul
4、dspreadaroundtheworld.RobertC.AllenisProfessorofEconomicHistoryatOxfordUniversityandafellowofNuf?eldCollege.HisbooksincludeEnclosureandtheYeoman:TheAgriculturalDevelopmentoftheSouthMidlands,14501850(1992),andFarmtoFactory:ARe-interpretationoftheSovietIndustrialRevolution(2003),bo
5、thofwhichwontheRankiPrizeoftheEconomicHistoryAssociation.NEWAPPROACHESTOECONOMICANDSOCIALHISTORYEditedfortheEconomicHistorySocietybynigelgoose,UniversityofHertfordshirelarryneal,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-ChampaignNewApproachestoEconomicandSocialHistoryisanimportantnewtextbookse
6、riespublishedinassociationwiththeEconomicHistorySociety.Itprovidesconcisebutauthoritativesurveysofmajorthemesandissuesinworldeconomicandsocialhistoryfromthepost-Romanrecoverytothepresentday.Booksintheseriesarebyrecognisedauthoritiesoperatingatthecuttingedgeoftheir?eldwithanabilit
7、ytowriteclearlyandsuccinctly.Theseriesconsistsprincipallyofsingle-authorworks–academicallyrigor-ousandgroundbreaking–whichoffercomprehensive,analyticalguidesatalengthandlevelaccessibletoadvancedschoolstudentsandundergraduatehistoriansandeconomists.TheBritishIndustrialRevolutionin
8、GlobalPerspectiverobertc.allenUniversity