ABSTRACT
This celebrated and seminal text examines the industrial revolution, from its genesis in pre-industrial Britain, through its development and into maturity. A chapter-by-chapter analysis explores topics such as economic growth, agriculture, trade finance, labour and transport.
First published in 1969, The First Industrial Nation is widely recognised as a classic text for students of the industrial revolution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|197 pages
The industrial economy is born: 1700 to the early nineteenth century
part II|193 pages
The evolving industrial economy: to 1914