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.…mehr
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.
Steven King is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester
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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
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
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