British Industrial Capitalism Since The Industrial Revolution

Roger Lloyd-Jones, Merv Lewis

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781857284096
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134221851
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: Economics

The authors use a long-wave framework to examine the historical evolution of British industrial capitalism since the late-18th century, and present a challenging and distinctive economic history of modern and contemporary Britain. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on the economic history of modern Britain within history, economic and social history, economic history and economic degree schemes, and economic theory courses.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Figures and tables
• Preface
• 1 Introduction: theories of industrial capitalism and the long wave
• 2 The Industrial Revolution Kondratieff
• 3 The political economy of the first downswing, 1815–40s
• 4 The upswing of the second Kondratieff: a mid-Victorian boom
• 5 The late Victorian economy: decline and downswing, 1873–96
• 6 The missing upswing and Edwardian crisis, c. 1896–1914
• 7 The downswing of the third Kondratieff: depression and unemployment in interwar Britain
• 8 The upswing of the fourth Kondratieff: Britain during the long boom
• 9 The post-1973 downswing: de-industrialization and the Thatcher experiment
• 10 Conclusion: the long wave and British industrial capitalism
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index