57 Pages
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Routledge
56 Pages
by
Routledge
57 Pages
by
Routledge
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Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries Great Britain changed from a mainly agricultural country into a mainly industrial one. Because the change came about so quickly we can indeed describe it as a revolution. This period of a hundred years might well be called 'the age of steam power’. Between them steam, coal and iron transform ed Britain’s industry, brought about a revolution... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1. The Story of Iron Chapter 2. The Story of Coal - 1700-1870 Chapter 3. The Revolution on spinning and weaving Chapter 4. From water power to steam power Chapter 5. Factory conditions Chapter 6. Changes in the towns Chapter 7. The revolution in communications
Biography
Mary Beggs-Humphreys, Hugh Gregor, Darlow Humphreys
