The Institutional Revolution [Elektronisk resurs] Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World

• Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Variance Everywhere; 3. The Aristocrats; 4. A Matter of Honor; 5. The Royal Navy; 6. Purchasing Army Commissions; 7. Lighthouses, Private Roads, and the Treasury; 8. The Courts, Criminal Law, and Police; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 

• Few events in the history of humanity rival the Industrial Revolution. Following its onset in eighteenth-century Britain, sweeping changes in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and technology began to gain unstoppable momentum throughout Europe, North America, and eventually much of the world—with profound effects on socioeconomic and cultural conditions.In The Institutional Revolution, Douglas W. Allen offers a thought-provoking account of another, quieter revolution that took place at the end of the eighteenth century and allowed for the full exploitation of the many new techn 

Ämnesord

Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 

Public institutions -- England -- History 

Public institutions -- England 

Genre

Electronic books  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

JN191.A554 2012 (LCC)

331.25 (DDC)

Ohad (kssb/8 (machine generated))