Historical Patterns of Industrialization

by Tom Kemp

Book Overview

Industrialization is still the factor that distinguishes the modern world from the past, and advanced countries from undeveloped ones. In this revised and expanded edition, Tom Kemp uses the historical record of industrialization to explore key questions about its impact and the significance we assign to it. The book adopts a thematic approach to examine the roles of technology, banking, transport and the state; the fate of the peasantry in an industrializing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582095476
• ISBN13: 9780582095472
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"