Short History of the British Industrial Revolution
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- Author(s) Griffin, Emma
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2018
- Pages 216pp
- Publisher Palgrave
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 2010. Intended as an undergraduate textbook. Chapters include: 'Counting growth - measuring the economy'; 'A growing population'; 'A mobile population'; 'Worlds of work'; 'The 'mechanical age - technology, innovation and industrialisation'; 'Coal - the key to the British industrial revolution?'; 'Why was Britain first? - the global context for industrialisation'; 'Winners and losers - standards of living in the industrial revolution'