Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
Amsterdam (c. 1750)
c. 1750 — The Dutch Republic pays wages as high as England’s and leads the world in shipping and finance, yet its cheapest fuel is peat. Its failure to industrialise first is the puzzle that sharpens the question “why Britain?”
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- Why Britain industrialised first (chapter 1 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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