Industrialization in Nineteenth Century Europe

by Tom Kemp

Written for the layman as well as the economic historian this famous and much-used book not only presents a general synthesis of the pattern of European industrialisation; it also provides material for a comparative study by illustrating, in separate case studies, the specific characteristics of development in Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Italy.

Genres: History

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Prominent Marxist economic historian and political theorist. He was influential in socialist and Trotskyist parties in the UK, and published several influential books on Marxist theory and economic development, in particular Theories of Imperialism which made an important contribution to assimilating globalisation into Marxist theory.

Reviews

[M Thomas]

This is a very odd book. It presupposes enormous background knowledge on 19th century Europe and how the process of industrialization occurred. Yet it has almost no numbers or statistics in it at all. It is essentially an extended essay (calling it an analysis would imply some statistical backing somewhere) on how each country's class structure and the mobilization of the peasantry affected national economic development. And the book is extremely well executed.

[Kevin]

think I referenced this book maybe once and I wasted at least an hour or so reading it!!!!

[Kagan Yigitoglu]

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