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The Role of Transportation in the Industrial Revolution: A Comparison of England and France
Abstract
Addressing the question of why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in England, Rick Szostak demonstrates the crucial role played by the development of a nation-wide network of land and water transport. He rejects revisionist arguments that downplay the significance of transportation to the Industrial Revolution, underrate the amplitude and influence of the English Industrial Revolution, and deny French economic retardation.
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“A decisive factor triggering the Industrial Revolution was national market integration in the eighteenth century driven by improved infrastructure and falling transport costs (which we detail in the next section), and allowing regions to specialize according to their comparative advantage”
From The Mechanics of the Industrial Revolution (2023) · cites this paper as Szostak, 1991
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“In terms of the number of miles of coastline per square mile of territory, England led France at a ratio of 1:55 over 1:134”
From The Mechanics of the Industrial Revolution (2023) · cites this paper as Szostak, 1991, 59
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- Authors
- Szostak, R.
- Corresponding author
- Szostak, Rick
- ORCID
- Szostak, Rick
- Venue
- McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published
- 1991-06-01
- OpenAlex
- W4378439222
- Cited by
- 107
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- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.71
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Keywords
- Industrial Revolution, transportation history, land transport, water transport, transportation networks, English Industrial Revolution, comparative economic history, origins of industrialization
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