Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction: For Profit 1
6. PART ONE. INNOVATION AND EXPLOITATION, 1660–1750
7. 1 The Spirit of Enterprise: Innovation, Investment and the State 19
8. 2 A Green and Pleasant Land: The Environment, Agriculture and Natural Fibres 53
9. 3 Descent into Darkness: Mining and Metallurgy 91
10. 4 Between Heaven and Hell: Conquest, Colonisation and Slavery 123
11. 5 War Profiteering: Violence, the State and Economic Development 156
12. PART TWO INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE, 1750–1800
13. 6 A Scientific People: Inventing, Stealing and Commercialising Technology 189
14. 7 Masters of Reality: Applied Science and Remaking the Natural World 226
15. 8 Fire and Iron: Power, Metal and Engineering 261
16. 9 Made by Slaves: Colonial Goods, Capital and Networks 298
17. 10 The Empire’s New Clothes: Cotton and the Transformation of British Industry 341
18. Conclusion: Wealth and Power 376
19. Notes 381
20. Bibliography 412
21. Index 440