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Economic historians of the modern era labor under a particularly “British” view of their discipline. In this view, the “Industrial Revolution” that began in Great Britain in the late 18th century became the driving force of economic modernization. Key innovations in textile machinery, iron production, and steam power made Great Britain “the workshop of the world” by the middle of the 19th century.
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Sylla, R. (2001). Financial Systems and Economic Modernization: A New Historical Perspective?. In: Negishi, T., Ramachandran, R.V., Mino, K. (eds) Economic Theory, Dynamics and Markets. Research Monographs in Japan-U.S. Business & Economics, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1677-4_38
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