London: Hub of the Industrial Revolution

by David Barnett

By 1800 London was the world's greatest city and at the centre of the world's greatest empire. This book sets out to show that it was also at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Traditional historiography has regarded the city as a minor player in the Industrial Revolution - "a storm that passed over London and broke elsewhere" - but David Barnett argues that, in addition to providing financial and other essential service skills, the capital was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350182435
• ISBN13: 9781350182431
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"