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A short history of the British Industrial Revolution / Emma Griffin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xiii,196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230579262 (pbk.)
  • 0230579264 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.81 GRI
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Contents:
Counting growth: measuring the economy -- A growing population -- A mobile population -- World of work -- The \'mechanical age\': technology, innovation and industrialisation -- Coal: the key to the British industrial revolution? -- Why was Britain first?: the global context for industrialisation -- Winners and losers: living through the industrial revolution.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Listen to author Emma Griffin discussing the British Industrial Revolution on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wr9r7

Why was the British industrial revolution such a pivotal event in world history?

This succinct introduction explains what the Industrial Revolution was, when exactly it occurred and why it happened in Britain first. Providing a clear and compelling synthesis of the latest research on industrialization, and illustrated with newspaper articles, photographs and graphs, the book is aimed at students without any prior knowledge.

Griffin assesses the best known explanations for the industrial revolution, and argues that industrialization is to be understood chiefly as the switch to a new source of fuel (coal) coupled with the emergence of new technologies. Situating British industrialisation in a global context, she evaluates what benefits, if any, the world's first industrial revolution brought to the ordinary men and women whose labour made it happen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.

Counting growth: measuring the economy -- A growing population -- A mobile population -- World of work -- The \'mechanical age\': technology, innovation and industrialisation -- Coal: the key to the British industrial revolution? -- Why was Britain first?: the global context for industrialisation -- Winners and losers: living through the industrial revolution.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Figures (p. vii)
  • List of Illustrations (p. ix)
  • List of Maps (p. x)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xi)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • 2 Counting Growth: Measuring the Economy (p. 15)
  • 3 A Growing Population (p. 29)
  • 4 A Mobile Population (p. 53)
  • 5 Worlds of Work (p. 73)
  • 6 The 'Mechanical Age': Technology, Innovation and Industrialisation (p. 86)
  • 7 Coal: The Key to the British Industrial Revolution? (p. 105)
  • 8 Why Was Britain First? The Global Context for Industrialisation (p. 126)
  • 9 Winners and Losers: Living through the Industrial Revolution (p. 144)
  • Notes (p. 162)
  • Guide to Further Reading (p. 185)
  • Index (p. 191)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Emma Griffin is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of East Anglia. She has previously taught at Cambridge and Sheffield and held visiting fellowships in New York and Paris. She has published books and articles on the history of popular recreation and hunting, and appeared on BBC radio and television.

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