TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Robert C. TI - The British industrial revolution in global perspective T2 - New approaches to economic and social history SN - 9780521868273 (hbk.) : PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Industrial revolution KW - Great Britain KW - Economic history KW - 1750-1918 KW - Economic conditions KW - 18th century KW - Social conditions N1 - Specialized N2 - 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 ER -