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Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain After 1840 - Papers and Proceedings on the New Economic History of Britain 1840-1930 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain After 1840 - Papers and Proceedings on the New Economic History of Britain 1840-1930 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Economic History
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These unique papers were originally read at a conference on the new
economic history of Britain at Harvard in 1970, and each is
accompanied by a summary of the discussion that followed it. The
participants of the conference represented a broad range of
scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.
The first eleven papers deal with a variety of topics covering a
period from 1840 to the 1920s. They focus on the performance of the
British economy, and especially its businessmen, during the time of
Britain's industrial maturity and relative decline. The papers and
discussions reached a novel conclusion tha, contrary to commonly
held opinion, the British economy performed well and that British
businessmen were not lacking in entrepreneurial vigour compared
with their German or American counterparts. But even more important
for British historiography than this finding was the demonstration
that economic and statistical methods can be applied successfully
to the study of economic history. The papers in the concluding
section discuss the origins and development of the new economic
history and show that, as a substantial supplement to work along
more traditional lines, its methods and application are both
desirable and possible.
This collection serves as an interesting report of research into a
key period in British history, and also as a useful introductory
account of the new economic history in the United Kingdom.
This book was first published in 1971.
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