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The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) (1st Edition) by Robert C. Allen Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-521-68785-3 / 0521687853 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-68785-0 / 9780521687850 Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He sh |