Presents a new perspective on the Industrial Revolution providing far more than just an account of industrial change. Looks at the development of the economic structures and includes chapters on financing the revolution, technological change, markets and demand, transport and food. The final section looks at economic change and its impact and includes chapters on demography, the household, families, authority and regulation, and the built environment. Providing a complete summary of the various debates in the literature on this period, making a strong case for re-introducing a regional approach to the history of the age.
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Using case studies, including the experiences of individuals as well as extracts from contemporary documents, this book aims to capture the reality of industrialization while introducing the many facts and figures which make up the real backbone of the history of the period.
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LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I – Conceptualising the Industrial Revolution

ONE
Perceptions of the Industrial Revolution

TWO
The regionality of English economic development

Part II – Development of the economic infrastructure

THREE
Technological change and work organisation

FOUR
Financing the Industrial Revolution

FIVE
Sellers and buyers: demand and the Industrial Revolution

SIX
Feeding the Industrial Revolution

Part III – The Industrial Revolution and aspects of everyday life

SEVEN

The demography of the Industrial Revolution

EIGHT
Families, households and individuals

NINE
The changing economics of the household

TEN
The built environment during the Industrial Revolution

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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Presents a new perspective on the Industrial Revolution providing far more than just an account of industrial change. Looks at the development of the economic structures and includes chapters on financing the revolution, technological change, markets and demand, transport and food. The final section looks at economic change and its impact and includes chapters on demography, the household, families, authority and regulation, and the built environment. Providing a complete summary of the various debates in the literature on this period, making a strong case for re-introducing a regional approach to the history of the age.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780719050220
Publisert
2001-04-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Manchester University Press
Vekt
485 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Om bidragsyterne

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University. Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire