The Industrial Revolution: Britain, 1770-1810

by Jonathan Downs

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a profound change swept across Britain. The rapid advance of technology increased industrial productivity to a level previously unimaginable. To support this new technology, people flocked from the countryside into the cities to take jobs in the factories. The movement caused a great deal of social unrest as technology replaced many of the old ways, and the populations of cities swelled far beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747807817
• ISBN13: 9780747807810
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.1"