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Introduction. The Enlightened Economist
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Avner Greif
, Lynne Kiesling and John V. C. Nye
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction. The Enlightened Economist 1
- 1. Neither Feast nor Famine 7
- 2. Progress, Useful Knowledge, and the Origins of the Industrial Revolution 33
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Part I. Institutions
- 3. Coercion and Exchange 71
- 4. Meat Consumption in Nineteenth-Century New York 97
- 5. Funding Empire 129
- 6. Establishing a New Order 149
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Part II. Innovation
- 7. Increasing Market Concentration in British banking, 1885 to 1925 179
- 8. The Catapult of Riches 201
- 9. England’s Eighteenth-Century Demand for High-Quality Workmanship 225
- 10. A Growth Agenda for Economic History 245
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Part III. The Industrial Revolution
- 11. Amidst Poverty and Prejudice 277
- 12. How Britain Lost Its Competitive Edge 307
- 13. Regulating Child Labor 337
- 14. Decomposing the Wage Gap 379
- 15. The Context of English Industrialization 397
- Contributors 411
- Index 417
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction. The Enlightened Economist 1
- 1. Neither Feast nor Famine 7
- 2. Progress, Useful Knowledge, and the Origins of the Industrial Revolution 33
-
Part I. Institutions
- 3. Coercion and Exchange 71
- 4. Meat Consumption in Nineteenth-Century New York 97
- 5. Funding Empire 129
- 6. Establishing a New Order 149
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Part II. Innovation
- 7. Increasing Market Concentration in British banking, 1885 to 1925 179
- 8. The Catapult of Riches 201
- 9. England’s Eighteenth-Century Demand for High-Quality Workmanship 225
- 10. A Growth Agenda for Economic History 245
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Part III. The Industrial Revolution
- 11. Amidst Poverty and Prejudice 277
- 12. How Britain Lost Its Competitive Edge 307
- 13. Regulating Child Labor 337
- 14. Decomposing the Wage Gap 379
- 15. The Context of English Industrialization 397
- Contributors 411
- Index 417