486 Pages
by
Routledge
486 Pages
by
Routledge
486 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Bringing together subjects such as culture, religion, morals, politics, economics, and mentality, Perkin presents and applies a holistic concept of social history in the tradition of great historians of the past.
In this classic text of social history, Harold Perkin explores the emergence of a new form of class society in Victorian England, which differed radically from early modern society.... Read more
Introduction to the 2002 Edition, Preface to the First Edition, ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FOOTNOTES, I The More Than Industrial Revolution, II The Old Society, III The Social Causes of Industrialism, IV The Revolution in Social Organization, V The Social Consequences of Industrialism, VI The Birth of Class, VII The Struggle between the Ideals, VIII The Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Ideal, IX The Rise of a Viable Class Society, X Entrepreneurial Society: Ideal and Reality, Index
Biography
Harold Perkin
'It still stands as one of the most encompassing, engaging accounts of the myriad complexities of the world's first Industrial Revolution.' - BBC History Magazine
