Britain's industrial revolution : the making of a manufacturing people, 1700-1870
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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Lancaster :
Carnegie Publishing,
2013.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Résumé: | A general overview of the industrial revolution across the British Isles. The industrial revolution was one of the defining changes of human history, and it happened in Britain first. It radically changed the way goods were made, and led to new ways of working and living, creating the country and society we recognise today |
Table des matières:
- Part I : Illustrious followers of science
- Fuelling growth : energy and power for industry
- Making machines
- Comprehending structures: the evolution of civil engineering
- Changing horizons : transport in an industrial age
- Part II : Creating the "workshop of the world"
- Coal mining and coalfield industries
- 'Iron in the blood': the making of iron and steel
- Precious veins : non-ferrous metals
- 'The spinners' ardent toil': the textile industries
- Rags to riches : a revolution in paper
- Part III : Towns, cities, and communities
- Great cities, old and new
- Capital industries : manufacturing in London
- Towns of a different kind: resorts
- Creating communities : calculations and aspirations
- Epilogue : a revolution in context