Monetary geography before the Industrial Revolution

Princes and Merchants: European City Growth before the Industrial Revolution*

As measured by the pace of city growth in western Europe from 1000 to 1800, absolutist monarchs stunted the growth of commerce and industry. A region ruled by an absolutist prince saw its total urban population shrink by one hundred thousand people per century relative to a region without absolutist government. This might be explained by higher rates of taxation under revenue-maximizing absolut...

The New Industrial Revolution

The New Industrial Revolution

This article outlines a new framework for understanding the current period of global restructuring, focusing on the relationship between technological change and organizational change. After reviewing the major approaches in the debate over future pathways to industrialization, a new perspective for understanding the ‘new industrial revolution’ is presented. At the core of this revolution is th...

The British Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution