Making sense of the Industrial Revolution: English economy and society, 1700-1850 / Edition 1

by Steve King, Geoff Timmins

Overview

Presents a new perspective on the Industrial Revolution providing far more than just an account of industrial change. Looks at the development of the economic structures and includes chapters on financing the revolution, technological change, markets and demand, transport and food. The final section looks at economic change and its impact and includes chapters on demography, the household, families, authority and regulation, and the built environment. Providing a complete summary of the various debates in the literature on this period, making a strong case for re-introducing a regional approach to the history of the age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719050220
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	04/26/2001
Series:	Manchester Studies in Modern History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University. Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I – Conceptualising the Industrial Revolution

ONE
Perceptions of the Industrial Revolution

TWO
The regionality of English economic development

Part II – Development of the economic infrastructure

THREE
Technological change and work organisation

FOUR
Financing the Industrial Revolution

FIVE
Sellers and buyers: demand and the Industrial Revolution

SIX
Feeding the Industrial Revolution

Part III – The Industrial Revolution and aspects of everyday life

SEVEN

The demography of the Industrial Revolution

EIGHT
Families, households and individuals

NINE
The changing economics of the household

TEN
The built environment during the Industrial Revolution

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

"The authors deliver on the promise they make in their title...a good resource for any scholar...."--Lindy Biggs, "Technology and Culture"

From the Publisher

...a masterly, impressive survey. Highly recommended...

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