Industrial Revolution and British Society

Klappentext The Industrial Revolution and British Society is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This book offers the most up-to-date overview of recent scholarship on this subject. It will be widely used as a textbook on advanced courses on British economic and social history. Zusammenfassung 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. The contributors' introduce less familiar aspects and consequences of the first Industrial Revolution. This will be useful as a course text by teachers in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: &apos, Patrick (University of London) Quinaul brien, O&apos, Patrick K. O'Brien, Patrick (University of London) Quinaul O''''brien, O'Brien Quinault
• Assisted by: Patrick O'Brien (Editor), Patrick (University of London) O'Brien (Editor), Patrick K. O'Brien (Editor), Dr. Roland Quinault (Editor), Roland Quinault (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.1993
• EAN: 9780521437448
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43744-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries