| Description | | - Incorporates economic and political history, making the book accessible to non-economists
- Looks at the social experience of living in an age of rising and falling prices
- Places the British economy in a global setting
| Martin Daunton provides a clear and balanced view of the continuities and changes that occurred in the economic history of Britain from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951.
In 1851, Britain was the dominant
economic power in an increasingly global economy. The First World War marked a turning point, as globalisation went into reverse and Britain shifted to 'insular capitalism'.
Rather than emphasizing the decline of the British economy, this book stresses modernity and the growth of new patterns of consumption in areas such as the service sector and the leisure industry. |
Readership: Undergraduate students on history or modern/contemporary history degrees, taking a module on 19th century Britain, modern British history or society and economy in Britain.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
Part I
The Anatomy of the British Economy
2.
Aristocrats, agriculture and the land
3.
Industrialists and the urban economy
4.
The service economy
5.
The growth of the British economy
Part II
Globalization and Deglobalization
6.
Free trade and protectionism
7.
Capital exports
8.
The rise and demise of the gold standard
9.
Rebuilding the international economic order?
Part III
Poverty, Prosperity and Population
10.
Births and marriages
11.
Deaths and disease
12.
Rich and poor
13.
Cultures of consumption
Part IV
Public Policy and the State
14.
Taxing and spending
15.
Education
16.
From the poor law to the Liberal social reforms
17.
War, reconstruction and depression
18.
Building a new Jerusalem
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Martin Daunton, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and President of the Royal Historical Society
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