The Industrial Revolution

Mary Beggs-Humphreys (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

52 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-75929-8 (ISBN)

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Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries Great Britain changed from a mainly agricultural country into a mainly industrial one. Because the change came about so quickly we can indeed describe it as a revolution. This period of a hundred years might well be called 'the age of steam power’. Between them steam, coal and iron transform ed Britain’s industry, brought about a revolution in road, rail and sea transport, and led to the rapid growth of new industrial cities. Both industry and Parliament were unprepared for such great changes in so short a time, and they often had to solve serious problems with little past experience to guide them. In the pages that follow you can read more about the pioneers, their spectacular inventions, and the opposition they often faced.

Mary Beggs-Humphreys, Hugh Gregor, Darlow Humphreys

Introduction 1. The Story of Iron 2. The Story of Coal - 1700-1870 3. The Revolution on Spinning and Weaving 4. From Water Power to Steam Power 5. Factory Conditions 6. Changes in the Towns 7. The Revolution in Communications

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.2015
Reihe/Serie	Economic History
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	113 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-415-75929-3 / 0415759293
ISBN-13	978-0-415-75929-8 / 9780415759298
Zustand	Neuware