Civil War

Restoration of Monarch -1660 Charles 2

Glorious Revoulution
Industrial Revolution

10.north weighast (31)

11.clarke (27)
12.susman yafeh (30)
14.joel mokyr (15 x 2):po
15.Bin wong (24):po
16.pomernaz (23)
allen (28)
pat hudson (7)
Reasons for British Indust
military-backed global trading hegemony,
slave trade,colonies, the domination of India;
favourable resource endowments and geographical location;
exploitation of labour within and outside of Britain
-To understand the nature and timing of the Great Div before the 18th century
-To understand the global changes that lead Britan to lead economic growth for a
temporary period
-The different patterns of Indust necessiates us to revisit British Indust
-concerns of future of technological advancements and their impact on env degrad
ation and political instability
-hence alternate indust patterns has to be examined and seen their impact on inc
omes, employment and well being
1)-Broder enlignment thinking in Europe which were nor confined to Europe in the
early modern period
coal fired blast furnace-China
pottery and porcelin-China
textile and dyeing-India
Comercial attitudes and institutions -Holland
2)Recognize the favourable resource endowments
Abundance of coal
-an incentive for heat intensive industries: iron, glass, sugar brewing,
-invention of steam engine
-In 1800 15 million tons of coal consumed in Britan compared to 3 million in res
t of Europe
High wages(above the subsistance minimum)
-an incentive for more capital replacements
3) Understand the growth of markets and technological innovation were interdepen
dent
-Growing demand, often protected demand bettered innovation
Textiles: Protection of demand from foreign competitors was vital
Militay Equipments: irons, ships underpinned demand
Innovation operates otherways by lowering prices and making them affordable
-Textiles:technologies of weaving and spinning
the fly shuttle, spinning jenny, throstle frame

-Steam power triumphed with the concentration of industries on coal field

4)Understand that the progress of new production technologies represented a step
change in productivity in many sectors, especially textiles