The Victorian Economy.
£30.00
Publisher
Methuen and Co. Ltd.
Place
London
Date
1982
Synopsis
Translated by anthony forster.
Item Description
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xiii + [i] + 430. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy. Illustrated by 68 tables in text. A study of the growth and subsequent decline of the nineteenth century British economy, beginning with a macroeconomic survey of the period. It examines the various periods of growth and structural change, followed by an examination of the different sectors of the economy. The final chapter analyses Britain's decline as a world economic superpower. First published in French in 1978. Francois Crouzet (1922-2010) was a distinguished French historian of Britain, who was Professor of Northern European History at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.
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