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The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830
Was the Industrial Revolution a catastrophe for ordinary people, or the change that let a fast growing population be fed and employed?
At a glance
- Author
- T. S. Ashton
Why read it
- You will weigh the claim that wars and dearth, not the new machines and methods, darkened the age
- You will learn why the revolution was as much about capital, credit and money as about machines
- You will see why England escaped Ireland's fate, since industry fed and employed a population that farming alone could not
Who it is for
- A history student weighing the standard of living debate
- A reader curious how coal, iron and cotton reshaped Britain
- Someone who thinks industrialization only harmed workers and wants the opposing case
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