1st Edition
Documents of the Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 Select Economic and Social Documents for Sixth forms
Edited By Richard L. Tames
Copyright 1971
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fascinating collection presents industrialization as a total historical process involving the destruction of one world simultaneously with the creation of another. Divided into two sections, it deals with elements of life such as the organization of labour, the health of the nation, rural and industrial societies, and poverty. The first section (The Expanding Economy ) outlines the process... Read more
Introduction
Part 1 THE EXPANDING ECONOMY
The process of economic growth
Laissez-faire
Trade
Transport
Agriculture
The growth of industry
Part 2 THE SOCIAL IMPACT
The labour force
The organization of labour
The health of the nation
Rural society
Industrial society
The problem of poverty
The reality of progress
Biography
Tames, Richard L.
