Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850

Richard Brown has been a published author since 2018 and continues to write short stories. He also is finishing his first full-length novel, a thriller set in the fictional town of Wren Lake, which you may know from No Content Available. He and his Guide Dog reside in the Pacific Northwest and volunteer at the local zoo and animal shelter.

Chapter 1 The nature of history; Chapter 2 Britain in the early eighteenth century; Chapter 3 The revolution in numbers- demographic change 1700-1850; Chapter 4 Change on the land; Chapter 5 The revolution in technologies- industrial change; Chapter 6 The revolution in industrial organization; Chapter 7 The revolution in communications- land and water; Chapter 8 The revolution in overseas trade; Chapter 9 Capital and banking; Chapter 10 The social and institutional bases for economic change; Chapter 11 Railways-the great connectors; Chapter 12 The economic revolutions-an overview; Chapter 13 Rent; Chapter 14 Capital; Chapter 15 Wages; Chapter 16 The impact of economic growth-a social revolution?; Chapter 17 The impact of economic growth- change in the countryside 1700-1850; Chapter 18 The impact of economic growth-the urban explosion 1700-1850; Chapter 19 Culture, economic and social change 1700-1850;