Description
The Industrial Revolution had a profound and lasting effect on socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain.
The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850, coinciding with Britains transition from a late pre-industrial economy to one based on industrialisation and urbanisation.
This fully revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive range of pedagogical material to support the text, including a Glossary of terms, people and parliamentary acts, new primary source documents and a brand new Chronology and Whos Who section. The Birth of Industrial Britain provides an essential up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on British society for students at all levels.
This clear and comprehensive study of the social impact of early industrialisation will be an indispensable introduction to one of the defining and most widely studied periods of British history.
About the Author
Kenneth Morgan is Professor of History at Brunel and an authority on colonial history and slavery. His latest book is Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800for OUP (2008).
Book Information
ISBN 9781408230954
Author Kenneth Morgan
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 460g
