Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution: English Economy and Society 1700-1850 (Manchester Studies in Modern History) - Hardcover

King, Steven; Timmins, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719050219 ISBN 13: 9780719050213

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This comprehensive and innovative book on the Industrial Revolution uses carefully chosen case studies, illustrated with extracts from contemporary documents, to offer new perspectives on the process and impact of industrialization. The authors look at the development of economic structures, the financing of the Industrial Revolution, technological advances, markets and demand, and agricultural progress. The book also deals with changes in demography, the household, families, and the built environment.

About this title

About the Author

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University.

Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire.

Review

"The authors deliver on the promise they make in their title...a good resource for any scholar...."--Lindy Biggs, Technology and Culture

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0719050219
• ISBN 13: 9780719050213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 424