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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of plates</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of figures</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of tables</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>x</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Industrial Revolution and the pre-industrial economy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(22)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Part I The pre-industrial economy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>23</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(110)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The high-wage economy of pre-industrial Britain</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>25</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(32)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The agricultural revolution</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>57</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(23)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The cheap energy economy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>80</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(26)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Why England succeeded</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>106</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(27)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Part II the Industrial Revolution</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>133</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(143)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Why was the Industrial Revolution British?</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>135</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(21)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The steam engine</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>156</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(26)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Cotton</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>182</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(35)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Coke smelting</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>217</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(21)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Inventors, Enlightenment and human capital</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>238</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(34)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>From Industrial Revolution to modern economic growth</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>272</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD>References</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>276</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(37)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>313</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries

The British industrial revolution in global perspective