From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or that the Grteat Enrichment was an irremediable environmental disaster, or that Europe is rich only because of poverty in the Third World, or that the new rich are always getting relatively richer, or that after all any enrichment...| Free Association
Ah, the novels of Jane Austen! In my teenaged mind they conjured up romantic tales, white muslin dresses, perfectly coiffed and finely dressed gentlemen, ballroom dancing, visits to Bath, and carri…| Jane Austen's World
Unbelievably, in 2025, walking among us are people, many of them young and college-educated, who believe the Industrial Revolution (spawned by the liberal Enlightenment) was a disaster for most of mankind. They yearn for what they imagine was the tranquil, plentiful, and happy communalism of the Middle Ages. I'm not referring only to people on the fringes. Glenn Greenwald, the cosmopolitan journalist who has done important reporting on civil liberties and foreign policy, recently lamented the...| Free Association
Wivenhoe Park, Essex, oil on canvas, by John Constable, 1816, 56.1 × 101.2 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States of America). Another great figure in English painting, who wa…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
Taxshila Page | Discover how education has evolved to preserve cultural heritage, support state administration, and build a skilled workforce.| taxshilateachers.blogspot.com
How did railroads started in France from 1815 to 1848?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
A towering figure that held no crown, nor office nor led armies, yet his handling of wealth brought him influence and contributed in changing the landscape of France in the 19th century. He inspired both admiration and a conspiracy of “space lasers.” Here are 10 things to know about James Mayer de Rothschild.| Searching in History
In 1836, then Spanish Prime Minister Juan Alvarez Mendizabal unleashed his decree that targeted the privatization of lands owned by religious orders with the aim of winning the ongoing Carlist War and improving agricultural production as well as overall economic situation.| Searching in History
How impactful was the Mendizabal Reform?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
PIGS - a convenient and sarcastic abbreviation for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, EU’s top economic troublemakers in the early 2000s. Surprisingly, most of these countries also entered industrialization late. While the burgeoning Germany’s industrial output surpassed Great Britain’s by the start of the 1900s. Spain in particular remained reliant on agriculture and ore exports. What did Spain experience during the tumultuous Industrial Revolution of the 1800s?| Searching in History
Thomas Newcomen (1663 - 1729) introduced to the world his invention at work in 1712 in Dudley Castle. His invention inspired others to develop it further allowing man to muster power bigger industries dawning the industrial revolution. But who was this fellow? Here are 5 things to know about Thomas Newcomen:| Searching in History
The Baptist preacher and iron monger Thomas Newcomen and his partner John Calley held their breath as they watched and waited for the beam of their new strange device to swing up and down. Newcomen betted 10 years of their lives, hardwork and experimentation on this device. Its result dictated not only if this bet paid off but also the fate of England’s mining industry and even beyond.| Searching in History
How did Catalonia developed from a warn-torn region to a beacon of development in the 18th century Spain?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard?| searchinginhistory.blogspot.com
The factory system is an approach to manufacturing that arose during the Industrial Revolution to replace more inefficient forms of production| The Economic Historian
Many “global historians” argue that the British cotton industry was the product of (unintentional) infant industry protection from Indian competition in the 18th century. The various Ca…| pseudoerasmus
Some caveats and reservations about the Napoleonic blockade paper on the infant industry argument that’s making waves. My caveat: protection persisted for decades after the blockade and may h…| pseudoerasmus
British Tariff Protection after 1774: Competition, Innovation, & Misallocation, plus a note on Weaving This is an addendum to a post about the Calico Acts, which had prohibited within Britain t…| pseudoerasmus
{ This post is mostly stringing together my scattered tweets over the past couple of weeks. I’ve had numerous discussions on this subject with Vincent Geloso, Judy Stephenson, Ben Schneider, …| pseudoerasmus
Historian Sven Beckert’s widely acclaimed book, Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism, is a good agrarian, business, and labour history of a single commodity. But as economic h…| pseudoerasmus
In The History Manifesto, historians Jo Guldi, the Hans Rothfels Assistant Professor of History at Brown, and David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History and Chair of the History De…| pseudoerasmus
Discover the story of these northern English boxing clubs rooted in working-class community life.| The Historic England Blog
Some months ago, Pseudoerasmus posted The 25 most stimulating economic history books since 2000 – not a “best” list, exactly, but a list premised on “best” = “makes you think”. My original, absurd…| winter tomato