The Industrial Revolution
By: Nigel Smith
Series: Events & outcomes
Publisher: Evans; UNKNO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780237539726
Subjects: Industrial revolution; Juvenile literature; History
Description: This title presents a two-part investigation on the impact that the great industrial transformation of eighteenth-century Britain had on both the domestic and international scenes. After considering the nature and significance of revolutions in industry, power and transport, it goes on to consider the formation of an industrial working class, the reform and self-help movements that arose from it, and the struggle between reformism, the vested interests of capital and the laissez-faire of government. It asks what the Industrial Revolution really was, and questions who benefited from it.
Notes: Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 17.50: Industry on the brink of change; title: A revolution in power; title: A revolution in transport; title: Working in the factories; title: The new industrial towns; title: The turn of protest and self-help; title: Reform and improvement; title: Celebration and legacy.