The Industrial Revolution
By: Peter Hicks
Series: The history detective investigates; History detective investigates
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9780750253413
Subjects: Industrial revolution; Juvenile literature; History; Social conditions
Description: The History Detective investigates the Industrial Revolution. Why did industry develop first in Britain? Why was power important and what was it like to work in a nineteenth-century factory? Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions in this new title from the History Detective Investigates series. Follow Sherlock Bones on the detective trail as you find out everything about the Industrial Revolution. The History Detective Investigates the Industrial Revolution will show you how to find out more about the past and will help you to start a history project of your own.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31).
Table of contents: title: What was the Industrial Revolution; title: Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Britain; title: Why was power so important in the revolution; title: What was it like in a factory?; title: What was it like in a coal mine?; title: How did transport improve?; title: How did the railways change Britain?; title: Why were engineers so important to the revolution?; title: What was life like in the cities?; title: Who benefited from the Industrial Revolution?; title: Who suffered in the years of the Industrial Revolution?; title: Did anybody try to improve things?