Myth, History and the Industrial Revolution

by Donald Cuthbert Coleman

Tourists are today urged to visit the 'birthplace of the Industrial Revolution', packaged as part of 'a glorious heritage'. Half a century and more ago the picture was very different. Then the Industrial Revolution was commonly treated as having been a social catastrophe which had brought 'a new barbarism' to the country. Donald Coleman traces the history of the term 'Industrial Revolution' and the uses to which it has been put. Originating in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852850744
• ISBN13: 9781852850746
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"