Description
This text is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the first Industrial Revolution.
Reviews
'It is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The eleven chapters range widely over modern conceptions of the Industrial Revolution, through a consideration of women in the workforce, religion and political stability and sex and desire to politics, crime and social aspects of that revolutionary period. Valuable bibliographies are appended to each chapter. The papers are invariably well written and stimulating, raising questions of historiography and methodology that students above 13 are perfectly capable of understanding.' Richard Brown, Teaching History
'This is an essential ... extremely useful handbook for anyone doing work on this period.' Open History
Book Information
ISBN 9780521437448
Author Patrick O'Brien
Format Paperback
Page Count 308
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 505g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm