The transformation of England : Essays in the economic and social history of England in the eighteenth century

CONTENTS;
Acknowledgements;
Preface ;
Part I Themes;
1 British industrialization: unique or not?
2 Skills and the diffusion of innovations from Britain in the eighteenth century ;
3 Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600-1800 45;
4 Science and technology during the Industrial Revolution: some general problems;
5 Capital, credit and enterprise in the Industrial Revolution ;
6 Taxation and industrialization in Britain, 1700-1870 116;
7 Adam's burden: historical diagnoses of poverty ;
8 Leisure and wages in theory and practice ;
Part II Topics;
9 The social structure in the eighteenth century: a calculation by Joseph Massie ;
10 The people's money in the eighteenth century: the Royal Mint, trade tokens and the economy;
11 An industrial revolution in brewing, 1700-1830 209;
12 The entrepreneur in brewing, 1700-1830 231;
13 Agriculture and the brewing and distilling industries in the eighteenth century ;
14 Swords and ploughshares: the armed forces, medicine and public health in the late eighteenth century ;
15 The finances of freedom: British and American public finance during the War of Independence ;
16 Dr Johnson and the business world ;
Index;