This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literatu

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Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolu

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization. Combining the expertise of more than thirty leading historians