Title Machines and economic growth : the implications for growth theory of the history of the industrial revolution / Natalie McPherson

Published Westport, Conn. : Greewood Press, 1994

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Description x, 264 pages ; 25 cm Series Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 156 Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 156 Contents 1. Economic Growth: The Modern Source of Wealth -- 2. The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution: Economic Growth before 1830 -- 3. The Industrial Revolution Gathers Steam: 1830-1870 -- 4. The United States Overtakes Great Britain: 1870-1913 -- 5. International Expansion of the Industrial Revolution in the Nineteenth Century -- 6. Successful Industrialization in Some Parts of the World: 1870-1913 -- 7. Gloom and Doom: War and Depression, 1914-1945 -- 8. The Great Boom: 1950-1973 -- 9. A Period of Malaise: 1973 to the Present -- 10. Growth Policies in the Twentieth Century: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, and Japan -- 11. Conclusions Notes Bibliography: p247-255. - Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-255) and index Subject Capitalism -- History. Capitalism -- Religious aspects. Economic development -- History. Economic history -- 1750-1918. Economic history -- 1918- Industrial revolution. Industries -- History. LC no. 93044509 ISBN 0313292558

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