Author: W. H. B. CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
British Economic History 1870-1914
Author: W. H. B. CourtBritish Economic History 1870-1914
Author: William E. CourtThe British Economy 1870–1939
Author: Derek H. AldcroftPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134915346X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The Export of Capital from Britain, 1870-1914
Author: A. R. HallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415538939
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
During the years before 1914 the world's still largely unused resources were brought increasingly within the framework of a single world economy. This process owed much to Britain's ability to export capital on a scale which has never since been equalled. Yet periods of heavy investment overseas alternated with home investment booms that absorbed the greater part of Britain's savings. The reasons for this fluctuation, and the mechanism which linked Britain's economic development with the rest of the world, are still subject to debate. This volume illuminates the problems of the global economy today by examining different interpretations and research from history.
Economic History Of England (1914)
Author: Milton BriggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781104120719
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
British Economic History, 1700-1870
Author: William Henry Bassano CourtPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Paradoxical Harvest
Author: Richard Newbold AdamsPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521288668
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book is a study of the relationship between the use of energy in society and the general pattern of development in Great Britain during the 1870-1914 era. Professor Adams argues that Britain's apparent 'decline' in this period was not in fact a decline but a levelling off in capacity to do work, a result of the country's collective decision to invest more heavily abroad than at home. This pattern accords with Lotka's general energetic principle of natural selection. Specifically, Britain found it necessary to invest abroad, thereby creating an industrial environment for its own products and giving the impetus to other industrial nations - especially the United States and Germany - to seriously threaten Britain's primary position in industry and trade. The book should be of interest to those concerned with development, economic growth, energy and society, cultural development, and in general to specialists in anthropology, sociology, European and British history, economics and economic history.
Lacan and Fantasy Literature
Author: Josephine SharoniPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004336583
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Eschewing the all-pervading contextual approach to literary criticism, this book takes a Lacanian view of several popular British fantasy texts of the late 19th century such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, revealing the significance of the historical context; the advent of a modern democratic urban society in place of the traditional agrarian one. Moreover, counter-intuitively it turns out that fantasy literature is analogous to modern Galilean science in its manipulation of the symbolic thereby changing our conception of reality. It is imaginary devices such as vampires and ape-men, which in conjunction with Lacanian theory say something additional of the truth about – primarily sexual – aspects of human subjectivity and culture, repressed by the contemporary hegemonic discourses.
The Export of Capital from Britain (RLE Banking & Finance)
Author: A R HallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136267034
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
During the years before 1914 the world’s still largely unused resources were brought increasingly within the framework of a single world economy. This process owed much to Britain’s ability to export capital on a scale which has never since been equalled. Yet periods of heavy investment overseas alternated with home investment booms that absorbed the greater part of Britain’s savings. The reasons for this fluctuation, and the mechanism which linked Britain’s economic development with the rest of the world, are still subject to debate. This volume illuminates the problems of the global economy today by examining different interpretations and research from history.
Paradoxical Harvest
Author: Richard N. AdamsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521246378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book is a study of the relationship between the use of energy in society and the general pattern of development in Great Britain during the 1870-1914 era. Professor Adams argues that Britain's apparent 'decline' in this period was not in fact a decline but a levelling off in capacity to do work, a result of the country's collective decision to invest more heavily abroad than at home. This pattern accords with Lotka's general energetic principle of natural selection. Specifically, Britain found it necessary to invest abroad, thereby creating an industrial environment for its own products and giving the impetus to other industrial nations - especially the United States and Germany - to seriously threaten Britain's primary position in industry and trade. The book should be of interest to those concerned with development, economic growth, energy and society, cultural development, and in general to specialists in anthropology, sociology, European and British history, economics and economic history.