Author

Robert C. Allen

1 book, mostly business, for Tantor Media

Robert C. Allen is an economic historian and author whose writing examines long-run economic development, technological change, industrialization, agriculture, wages, prices, living standards, and global poverty. He taught at the University of British Columbia and Oxford, and has written books including Enclosure and the Yeoman, Farm to Factory, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction, and The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction. ([ocesh.web.ox.ac.uk](https://ocesh.web.ox.ac.uk/people/robert-c-allen))