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Books : History : Countries & Regions : Europe : Britain & Ireland : Industrial Revolution

• Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)

  Joyce Burnette

  
  
   

• The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution

  Derek Fraser

  
  Derek Fraser's book has established itself as a classic text on the history of social policy and social ideas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. This fourth edition features a revised Introduction, incorporates the latest research and extends the coverage of the final chapter, bringing the story right up to the present day.
  
   

• Why Britain Industrialized First? (History Essays)

  Francesco Piccirilli

  
  it‟s useful to underline that Britain was the first to industrialize and this is a fact which many historians have tried to explain. Multiple causes led to its fast industrialization such as colonialism, the better standards of living, population growth, the enclosures' phenomenon, the invention of the spinning jenny, child labour and so on.
  
   

• A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

  Thomas Crump

  
  From the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a technological revolution the like of which had never been seen before. Inventors, businessmen, scientists, explorers all had their part to play in the story of the Industrial Revolution. This title presents their story.
  
   

• Childhood Interrupted: Growing up in an industrial school

  Kathleen O'Malley

  
  A deeply moving memoir about the loss of childhood and its impact on adult life.
  
   

• Transport in the Industrial Revolution

  
  
   

• The Birth of Industrial Britain: Social Change, 1750-1850 (Seminar Studies In History)

  Dr Kenneth Morgan

  
  The Industrial Revolution is one of the great watersheds in British history. This book examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850. It deals with topics such as: work and leisure; living and health standards; religion; education; the poor laws; popular protest; and crime, justice and the law.
  
   

• Industry and Empire: From 175 to the Present Day: From 1750 to the Present Day

  E J Hobsbawm

  
  Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people.
  
   

• Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970 (New Studies in Economic and Social History)

  David Edgerton

  
  
   

• First Industrial Nation: Economic History of Britain, 1700-1914

  Peter Mathias

  
  
   

• Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

  Leslie Tomory

  
  
   

• Ancoats: The Cradle of Industrialisation (Informed Conservation)

  Mike Rose, Keith Falconer, Julian Holder

  
  
   

• The Making of an Industrial Society: Whickham 1560-1765 (Oxford Studies in Social History)

  David Levine, Keith Wrightson

  
  
   

• Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall (Industrial Archaeology of British Isles)

  Arthur Cecil Todd, Peter Laws

  
  
   

• The Birth of Industrial Britain: Economic Change, 1750-1850 (Seminar Studies In History)

  Dr Kenneth Morgan

  
  
   

• Britain's Industrial Revolution: The Making of a Manufacturing People

  Barrie Trinder

  
  
   

• North East England, 1850-1914: The Dynamics of a Maritime-Industrial Region (Regions and Regionalism in History)

  Graeme J. Milne

  
  
   

• Industrial Heritage Walks in Britain (AA 50 Walks) (AA 50 Walks Series)

  AA Publishing

  
  A collection of guided walks taking you step-by-step through areas bearing the scars of industry, in towns, villages and open countryside, it helps you enjoy Britain's industrial heritage. It includes places of interest, as well as where to stop for refreshments.
  
   

• Silk and Innovation: The Jacquard Loom in the Age of the Industrial Revolution

  
  Silk has long been used for weaving luxurious fabrics and decorative patterns. The weaving of these fashionable clothes had traditionally been done manually, using looms that required two operators with the mental agility to visually remember the complex interlacement of the yarns. The jacquard machine revolutionised this process through a technique that augured the operation of modern programmable computers. This book is the story of its diffusion across England. The narrative begins with a brief history of the technology and the man behind the invention, before looking at the political, economic and social factors that influenced the adoption of this innovation. The wider context of the silk industry is exposed, from the mass exodus of the Huguenots to the repeal of the Spitalfields Acts, from the glory days of Spitalfields to the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty which hastened the decline of this trade. This story also reveals the critical role played by Stephen Wilson, an entrepreneur from Streatham, Surrey, in the diffusion of the jacquard.
  
   

• The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain 1700-1914

  Peter Mathias

  
  The industiral revolution of Britain is recognised today as a model for industrialisation all over the world. Now reissued with a new introduction by the author, this book is widely renowned as a classic text for students of this key period.