Technology in the Industrial Revolution

Places the British Industrial Revolution in global context, providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between technology and society.

List of contents

1. Sugar and spice; 2. Myths and machines; 3. Cottonopolis; 4. Power and the people; 5. The vertical mill.

About the author

Barbara Hahn is a prize-winning author in business history and the history of technology. Her publications include Plantation Kingdom: The South and Its Global Commodities (2016), which she co-authored. She is Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University and was the associate editor of the journal Technology and Culture.

Summary

Placing the British Industrial Revolution in global context, Barbara Hahn explores the role of technological change in world history. Tracing this transformative moment from the north of England to slavery, cotton plantations, the Anglo-Indian trade and beyond, Hahn provides a new perspective on the relationship between technology and society.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Hahn, Barbara (Texas Tech University) Hahn, Hahn Barbara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781316637463
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63746-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: New Approaches to the History; New Approaches to the History of Science and Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, C 1700 To C 1800