The Industrial Revolution. The state, knowledge and global trade

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  • Name Trade protection inc non tariff
  • Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
  • Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy

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Takes a long view from the mid 17th century to the 19th, placing the British experience within a global context. Questions some of the orthodoxies concerning the history of the industrial revolution focusing especially on 'the State and its role in the development of key British manufactures', in particular 'the role of State regulation and protectionism in nurturing Britain's negligible early manufacturing base'