Books by Robert C. Allen
“England (or Britain) has the best reconstructed macroeconomic history of any place on the planet, whether its wages, prices, or estimates of per capita GDP. And this book by Allen emphasises those quantitative indicators. But he goes further, and argues that a particular combination of relative wages and prices actually caused the Industrial Revolution. Having established the timing with which things began to change, and the levels of prices and wages, Allen argued that we could now be sure what was really happening in Britain during this period, and we could use those facts not just to describe the Industrial Revolution but to explain it.” Read more...
The best books on Industrial Revolution
Sheilagh Ogilvie, Economist
Interviews where books by Robert C. Allen were recommended
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The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present
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Growth Recurring: Economic Change in World History
by Eric Jones -
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The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
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The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700–1850
by Joel Mokyr -
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Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back: British Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisis
by Nicholas Crafts
The best books on Industrial Revolution, recommended by Sheilagh Ogilvie
The best books on Industrial Revolution, recommended by Sheilagh Ogilvie
The Industrial Revolution transformed the world forever by enabling self-perpetuating economic growth. But historians are still at odds about why the industrial revolution happened where it did and when it did. Here, Sheilagh Ogilvie, Chichele Professor of Economic History at All Souls College, Oxford, guides us through the debates and why they are still relevant today.
