Why did England industrialize first? And why was Europe ahead of the rest of the world? Unified growth theory in the tradition of Galor-Weil (2000) and Galor-Modoi:10.2139/ssrn.922623Voigtlnder, NicoVoth, Hans-JoachimSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
individual states were reacting to the policy. In response to hyper inflation, New England states enacted price controls that limited the price at which goods could be sold. This, unfortunately, led farmers and other producers to simply produce less. Farm production in New England...
The first European countries to be industrialized after England wereBelgium, France and the German states. The rest of Europe didn't industrialize until after 1850. Spain, Portugal, Austria-Hungary, Italy and the Ottoman Empire started to industrialize very late in the 19th century. What does enc...
In 1848 at the dawn of the Mexican-American War, Mexico had only been a nation separate from its mother country of Spain since 1821. American was not far behind, having only won the war against their mother country of England in 1783....
FAST growth of cities=overcrowding Low wages; child labor; no gov’t oversight (WHY NOT???) Squalid conditions No labor unions Business cycles – wild swings of growth, economic depression, and recovery Growth of Manchester, England, between ...
5.What were the factors that caused Britain to become the first country to industrialize? 6.What is the Queen’s role as monarch? What does the phrase “the monarch is supposed to reign but not rule”mean? 7.How did the religious Reformation take place in England? 8.What were the effec...
Although industrialization first occurred in England, it is thought that China, not England, may have been the world leader in technology at the time. Yet, China did not industrialize until 150 yr after England and nearly a century after less advanced European countries. This represents a puzzle...
Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize: Montreal, 1819-1849Robert Sweeny, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize: Montreal, 1819-1849. Montreal and Kingston:...Horner, DanBecker AssociatesUrban History Review
While its temporal and spatial lens is restricted, Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal, 1819鈥 1849 covers a range of topics from specific issues in the history of Lower Canada, like the roles of merchant capital and bank credit, social differentiation within the peasantry, the ...
Response to the Round Table on Why Did We Choose to Industrialize? Montreal 1819–1849doi:10.7202/1055328ARRobert C.H. SweenyThe Canadian Historical Association / La Société historique du Canada