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Making sense of the Industrial Revolution

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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 fi...
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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.
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Price: £19.99
Pages: 416
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Manchester Studies in Modern History
Publication Date: 26 April 2001
ISBN: 9780719050220
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

HISTORY / General, European history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, History, Economic history
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LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I – Conceptualising the Industrial Revolution

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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