The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914

by Gavin Weightman

Book Overview

In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Gavin Weightman shows how, in less than one hundred and fifty years, an unlikely band of scientists, spies, entrepreneurs, and political refugees took a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water, and made it into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by steam and fossil fuels. Weightman weaves together the dramatic stories of giants such as Edison,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802118992
• ISBN13: 9780802118998
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"