Making sense of the Industrial Revolution
English economy and society, 1700-1850
By Steve King and Geoff Timmins
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- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- Price: £19.99
- Published Date: April 2001
- Series: Manchester Studies in Modern History
Description
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.
Contents
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
Authors
Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University. Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire
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