The Industrial Revolution and British Society

ISBN-13: 9780521437448 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 308 str.

Patrick K. O'Brien; Roland Quinault;O'Brien Quinault

Opis

The Industrial Revolution and British Society is an original and wide-ranging textbook survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The distinguished international team of contributors each focus on topics currently at the very center of scholarly interest, and draw together the very latest research in an accessible and stimulating manner: the intention throughout is to introduce a broad student readership to important, but less familiar aspects and consequences of the first Industrial Revolution.

Recenzje

'This is an essential … extremely useful handbook for anyone doing work on this period.' Open History

Spis treści

1. Modern conceptions of the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 2. Women in the work force Duncan Bythell; 3. Reinterpretations of the Industrial Revolution Gary Hawke; 4. Methodism and political stability in early industrial England Alan D. Gilbert; 5. Sex and desire in the Industrial Revolution Thomas Laqueur; 6. Political preconditions for the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 7. Crime, law and punishment in the Industrial Revolution Davis Philips; 8. The Industrial Revolution and parliamentry reform Roland E. Quinault; 9. The margins of the Industrial Revolution Eric Richards; 10. Social aspects of the Industrial Revolution John Stevenson; 11. Technological and organisational change in industry during the Industrial Revolution G. N. von Tunzelmann; 12. Postscript Eric Jones.