Economy and Society in 19th Century Britain
Economy and Society in 19th Century Britain

Author: Richard Tames

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1136617582

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In 1801 the population of Great Britain was 10.6 million; by 1901 it was 37.1 million. The national product in 1801 has been valued at £138,000,000; by 1901 it was £1,948,000,000. The rise per head was from £12.9 to £52.5 and, as these figures represent constant prices, the rise in material standards is evident, even allowing for the unequal distribution of socially created wealth. This book is a short, crisp survey of the major economic and social developments in nineteenth-century Britain. It combines a brief narrative history with a lucid and exciting synthesis of all the important problems and academic controversies. The chapters discuss economic growth, population - its growth, impact and movement - urbanisation and the housing problem, industry, agriculture, transport, overseas trade and foreign investment, life and labour, education, finance, the role of government, and the social structure. The text is extensively subdivided for easy reference, and is illustrated with numberous tables and diagrams. There is a full critical bibliography at the end of each chapter and a chronological table of events at the end of the book.

Genres of the Credit Economy
Genres of the Credit Economy

Author: Mary Poovey

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 0226675327

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Banking, borrowing, investing, and even losing money - in other words, participating in the modern financial system - seem like routine activities of everyday life. This book looks at how this came to be the case by examining the history of financial instruments and representations of finance in 18th and 19th century Britain.

Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850
Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850

Author: Richard Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1134982771

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For both contemporaries and later historians the Industrial Revolution is viewed as a turning point' in modern British history. There is no doubt that change occurred, but what was the nature of that change and how did affect rural and urban society? Beginning with an examination of the nature of history and Britain in 1700, this volume focuses on the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Unlike many previous textbooks on the same period, it emphasizes British history, and deals with developments in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in their own right. It is the emphasis on the diversity, not the uniformity of experience, on continuities as well as change in this crucial period of development, which makes this volume distinctive. In his companion title Richard Brown completes his examination of the period and looks at the changes that took place in Britain's political system and in its religious affiliations.

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain
A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author: Chris Williams

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 1405143096

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A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essaysby expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political,social, economic and cultural history of Britain during the lateGeorgian and Victorian eras. Truly British, rather than English, in scope. Pays attention to the experiences of women as well as ofmen. Illustrated with maps and charts. Includes guides to further reading.

The Rise of Respectable Society
The Rise of Respectable Society

Author: Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780674772854

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'The Rise of Respectable Society' offers a new map of this territory as revealed by close empirical studies of marriage, the family, domestic life, work, leisure and entertainment in 19th century Britain.

The Organisation of Knowledge in Victorian Britain
The Organisation of Knowledge in Victorian Britain

Author: Martin Daunton

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-05-26

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780197263266

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This collection of essays explores the questions of what counted as knowledge in Victorian Britain, who defined knowledge and the knowledgeable, by what means and by what criteria. During the Victorian period, the structure of knowledge took on a new and recognizably modern form, and the disciplines we now take for granted took shape. The ways in which knowledge was tested also took on a new form, with the rise of written examinations. New institutions of knowledge were created: museums were important at the start of the period, universities had become prominent by the end. Victorians needed to make sense of the sheer scale of new information, to popularize it, and at the same time to exclude ignorance and error - a role carried out by encyclopaedias and popular publications. By studying the Victorian organization of knowledge in its institutional, social, and intellectual settings, these essays contribute to our wider consideration of the complex and much debated concept of knowledge.