The Industrial Revolution

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Identifikator:: 1027928145

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-159926

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Cunningham, William http://d-nb.info/gnd/128907487

Title:: The Industrial Revolution

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: The University Press

Year of publication:: 1922

Scope:: xxii S., S. 404-886

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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THE WAR AND FLUCTUATIONS IN MARITIME INTERCOURSE 677 Revolutionary government hoped, by closing French markets AD Ls and attacking English commerce, to ruin this country. The natural resources of France were such that she seemed to be able to stand alone, while England was dependent on her commerce. The French authorities absolutely discarded the free trade views which had been diffused by Quesnay under the monarchy, and prohibited the importation of English goods, in the hope that they would “soon tear down the veil which envelopes the imposing Colossus of British Power?” They had, however, greatly underrated the economic strength of this country. Vastly as the carrying trade and commerce had increased, this was only one side of English development; industry had been improved to such an extent, both as regards the quality and the cheapness of goods, that other countries found it impossible to dispense altogether with British manu- factures. Gallant efforts had been made, too, by the intro- duction of better methods of stock-raising and tillage to and agri: 5 render the food supply sufficient, at least in favourable years, all been for our greatly increased population. England was really Heiter] far better prepared to engage in this great struggle than she appeared to ber antagonists, and it is worth while to quote the opinion of a contemporary observer, who realised what a commanding position England had attained in the commercial and industrial world. “It is a fact of public notoriety, that within the last fifty years almost all the English colonies have been improved, and made to yield more plentiful returns; that their population, and even that of the three united kingdoms in Europe, has been considerably augmented: that their manufactures have acquired a much greater degree of perfection; and of course a more wide-spread circulation; by which means their trade and navigation have been increased by nearly one-half. It is farther known, that within the last thirty years almost every necessary has been enhanced by one-third part of its former price. It is therefore natural that the English receive at i was present more money for their manufactured products and for derived \ Mollien, Mémoires d'un Ministre du Trégor Public, mr. 314. Bee algo Sorel, L’ Europe et la Révolution Frang. mx. 245. ? Brissot, quoted by Rose in Eng. Hist. Bev. vox. 704. IT: |

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