The industrial revolution : a very short introduction / Robert C. Allen.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Very short introductions ; 509.Publication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, ©2017Description: xviii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780198706786
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1. Then and now --
2. The pre-Industrial Revolution, 1500-1700 --
3. Why the Industrial Revolution was British --
4. The condition of England --
5. Reform and democracy --
6. The spread of the Industrial Revolution abroad.
The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact of changing technology and business organizations on contemporary social structures
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