Britain's Industrial Revolution: The Making of a Manufacturing People, 1700-1870

by Barrie Trinder

Book Overview

The industrial revolution in Britain changed the world. The images we all share - of steam engines and locomotives, smoke and smog, multi-story textile mills and regiments of working men and women flooding out of factory gates at the end of their shift - are all so familiar that it is easy to forget how enormous, far-reaching and upsetting were the events and processes that brought us into this new, industrial age. In Britain all of these things,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859362192
• ISBN13: 9781859362198
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Carnegie Pub.
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 9.6"