Framing the Industrial Revolution
- The British Industrial Revolution https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0wDLxstP1loHIMqDMdN2M4jqQ
- Readings https://www.icloud.com/keynote/04PoHe5gUggcgKeogP4Isr62g
- Article: Robert C. Allen (2011), “Why the Industrial Revolution Was British: Commerce, Induced Invention and the Scientific Revolution,” Economic History Review 64, pp. 357-384. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00532.x/pdf https://www.icloud.com/keynote/04hxeReqzLNViuLXuAn2bEFFA
- Article: Jeffrey Williamson (1984), "Why Was British Economic Growth So Slow During the Industrial Revolution?" Journal of Economic History 44, pp.687-712 http://www.jstor.org/view/00220507/di975668/97p1230f/0 https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0Y5wYXhsa5Nte5WJYdk-07lMg
- Peter Temin (1997): “Two Views of the British Industrial Revolution,” Journal of Economic History 57 (March), pp.63–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2951107.pdf https://www.icloud.com/keynote/09NfE5wDJD0V1bbWWjWL6Egqg
- Stephen Nicholas and Richard H. Steckel (1991): “Heights and Living Standards of English Workers during the Early Years of Industrialization, 1770–1815,” Journal of Economic History 51 (December), pp. 937–957. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2123399.pdf https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0Y5wYXhsa5Nte5WJYdk-07lMg
- Memo Question https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0sBV199k80UDha3_sDbSekC7A
Readings:
Pol Antràs and Hans-Joachim Voth (2003): Factor Prices and Productivity Growth during the British Industrial Revolution http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014498302000244/pdfft?md5=349ca4b07574f1bd1bd2d7058f76879d&pid=1-s2.0-S0014498302000244-main.pdf
Peter Temin (1997): Two Views of the British Industrial Revolution http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2951107.pdf
Stephen Nicholas and Richard H. Steckel (1991): Heights and Living Standards of English Workers during the Early Years of Industrialization, 1770–1815 http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2123399.pdf
Robert C. Allen (2011): Why the Industrial Revolution Was British: Commerce, Induced Invention and the Scientific Revolution http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00532.x/pdf
Nicholas Crafts (2002): The Solow Productivity Paradox in Historical Perspective http://www.cepr.org/pubs/dps/DP3142.asp
Jeffrey Williamson: Why Was British Economic Growth So Slow During the Industrial Revolution? http://www.jstor.org/view/00220507/di975668/97p1230f/0
https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0laERCExksFy-GSSYslIoO2sA
Memo Question: Compared to what we have seen in our lives—and in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents—the pace of productivity growth and economic structural change even in Britain over 1700-1850 seems appallingly slow. Compared to what came earlier it seems remarkably rapid. Frame several possible hypotheses about why either British growth 1700-1850 was so much faster than western European growth 1400-1700 or British growth 1700-1850 was so much slower than global growth has been since 1850.
Warm-Up:
- Looking Back (5 min): Main lessons from last time
- Today (5 min): Interesting points from reaction essays
Core:
- (10 min) Overview
- (5 min) Issues and questions
- (12 min) Antras and Voth:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Temin:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Nicholas and Steckel:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Allen:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Crafts:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Williamson:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
Cool-Down:
- Looking Forward (5 min): Next time
- Looking Forward (5 min): Next reaction question