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Revision:French IndustrialisationTSR Wiki > Study Help > Subjects and Revision > Revision Notes > History > Richard roehl french industrialisation - a reconstruction Sir John Clapham: “it might be said that France never went through an industrial revolution”
How did we account for the persistence of the general view of the French economy as stagnant from 19th century onward?Failure of some dramatic breakthrough to appear, absence marked acceleration in the growth of the economy Marczewski could not find a Rostow take-off period, and discernible change 18th century.
French Economy 18th CenturyTraditional View: Until late 17th century relatively strong an healthy – by 19th troubled and stagnant – 17th century wealth and [power to 19th century retarded industrialisation – 18th century period when roots of subsequent problems implanted Roehl Modern Economic Growth in France has its beginnings here – 19th century becomes explicable – represents long term trend of economic growth
Proposition: France was in fact first country to commence upon the path toward the end (I)Uses Gerschenkron’s series propositions accurately describe nature of the process of industrialisation in a relatively backward country produces a set of the observable characteristics of industrialisation in the relatively least backward state – first country to commence industrialisation.
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