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Book contents
- Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back
- Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The First Industrial Revolution
- 3 American Overtaking
- 4 The Interwar Years: Onwards and Downwards
- 5 Falling Behind in the ‘Golden Age’
- 6 From the Golden Age to the Financial Crisis
- 7 Concluding Comments
- References
- Index
2 - The First Industrial Revolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2018
- Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back
- Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The First Industrial Revolution
- 3 American Overtaking
- 4 The Interwar Years: Onwards and Downwards
- 5 Falling Behind in the ‘Golden Age’
- 6 From the Golden Age to the Financial Crisis
- 7 Concluding Comments
- References
- Index
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- Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting BackBritish Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisis, pp. 11 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018