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Pages: 4, Digital, North American Conference on British Studies

Genre: History, Political Science. Subgenre: Europe / Great Britain, History + Theory. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan. Pages: 196. Language: English. Format: paperback. Release Date: August 31, 2010. Date Published: December 21, 2010.

Pages: 2, Digital, Elsevier

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Genre: Political Science, History. Subgenre: History + Theory, Europe / Great Britain. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan. Pages: 196. Language: English. Format: hardcover. Release Date: August 31, 2010. Date Published: December 21, 2010.

0582301548 Used, in good condition. Book only. May have interior marginalia or previous owner's name.

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows that in Britain wages were high and capital and energy cheap in comparison to other countries in Europe and Asia. As a result, the breakthrough technologies of the industrial revolution - the steam...

Crucial eras and events in American history are brought to life through primary sources in this high interest series written especially for struggling readers. From the American Revolution to the fight against segregation, the personal struggles of the people making history guide the reader through each book. Background knowledge of the subject matter is incorporated into the text and vocabulary is defined at the point of use. The books use clear, predictable text structures and have been leveled...

Volumes 2 and 3 of the Industrial Revolutions eleven part set (Industrial Revolution in Britain vol I and II) present over thirty of the articles which have best illuminated Britain's Industrial revolution, and cover four main areas: the concept of the Industrial Revolution, and the central themes of land, labour and capital. They provide a way of exploring historians' changing approaches to the first Industrial Revolution. A substantial introduction sets the articles into their conceptual, evidential...

This title examines an important time in U.S. history – the U.S. Industrial Revolution. Compelling text explores the background of the revolution, its economic and social effects, and the key people involved. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

This is the first political and social history in English of Stalin's industrial revolution during the First Five-Year Plan, 1928-1932. The rapid diversion of vast resources into industrialization severely squeezed national consumption, imposing a heavy burden and sacrifice upon the entire nation.

The Monopoly game, Trivial Pursuit, Clue, Boggle, and Risk are more than games - they're part of Americana. All of these games were published by one company, Parker Brothers, which began as a dream inside the mind of a sixteen-year-old boy, over one hundred years ago. In "The Game Makers", industry expert Phil Orbanes reveals how, by adhering to the principles of its founder, Parker Brothers rose to prominence, overcame obstacles, and forged lasting success. Orbanes, a game historian and former executive...

The Industrial Revolution changed the course of American history, accelerated the American economy, and affected the way people lived. This ready-reference encyclopedia offers in-depth coverage of the economic, political, and social developments of the Industrial Revolution in the United States from 1750 to 1920. More than 200 substantial entries cover key individuals--among them entrepreneurs, inventors, captains of industry, and robber barons--significant technologies, inventions, court cases,...

Springer, Nancy Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan Philomel Books 2008 Hard Cover. Book has crease to back board. Dust Jacket has small tears to bottom of spine.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or626135. ISBN #0399247807 / 9780399247804. (keywords: Juvenile, Mystery, Fiction, Great Britain) (filed under: Juvenile ) *

8vo, xviii, 549 pp., 21 b/w illustrations, bibliographical references, index, cloth, d.j., San Francisco, 1968. (o.p.; near fine)

The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future.

In a startling reinterpretation, Robert Allen argues that the USSR was one of the most successful developing economies of the 20th century. He reaches this provocative conclusion by recalculating national consumption and using economic, demographic, and computer simulation models to address the central questions of Soviet history.

Causation has always been a central topic in the history of philosophy. Many theories causation have been advanced, but not one has approached anything like general acceptance. Yet the concept of causation is prevalent in many areas of contemporary philosophy: there are the causal theories of language, of action, of personal identity, of knowledge, of perception, of scientific explanation, and of reference. If causation is doing all this philosophical work, it seems essential to strive for an intelligible...