Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution: English Economy and Society, 1700–1850 (Manchester Studies in Modern History) - Hardcover

King, Steve; Timmins, Geoff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719050219 ISBN 13: 9780719050213

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2001

Synopsis

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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About the Authors

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University. Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire.

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University.

Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719050219
• ISBN 13: 9780719050213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416