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The Industrial revolution : a very short introduction / Robert C Allen.
By: Allen, Robert C [author.]
.Series: Very short introductions: 509.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: xviii, 150 pages : illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198706786.Subject(s): Industrial revolution -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 330.94107
Contents:
Summary: "The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact of changing technology and business organizations on contemporary social structures."--Publisher's description.
Then and now -- The pre-Industrial Revolution, 1500-1700 -- Why the Industrial Revolution was British -- The condition of England -- Reform and democracy -- The spread of the Industrial Revolution abroad.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 330.94107 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 014096 |
Then and now -- The pre-Industrial Revolution, 1500-1700 -- Why the Industrial Revolution was British -- The condition of England -- Reform and democracy -- The spread of the Industrial Revolution abroad.
"The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact of changing technology and business organizations on contemporary social structures."--Publisher's description.