Economics 210a: Spring 2009: Econ 210a: Memo Question for February 11, 2009: Industrial Revolution

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Econ 210a: Memo Question for February 11, 2009: Industrial Revolution

Feb 11: Weekly memo question:

Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson write that the "historiography of the industrial revolution in England has moved away from viewing the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a unique turning point in economic and social development." Do you agree with their conclusion that the literature has moved too far in this direction? Why or why not?

J. Bradford DeLong on Saturday, February 07, 2009 at 08:56 AM in Memo Questions | Permalink

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