The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

by Robert C. Allen

Book Overview

The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines were used to spin and weave cloth, steam engines were used to provide reliable power, and industry was fed by the construction of the first railways, a great network of arteries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198706782
• ISBN13: 9780198706786
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"