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Informationen zum Autor Steven King is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester Klappentext Presents a new perspective on the Industrial Revolution providing far more than just an account of industrial change. Looks at the development of the economic structures and includes chapters on financing the revolution, technological change, markets and demand, transport and food. The final section looks at economic change and its impact and includes chapters on demography, the household, families, authority and regulation, and the built environment. Providing a complete summary of the various debates in the literature on this period, making a strong case for re-introducing a regional approach to the history of the age. Zusammenfassung Using case studies! including the experiences of individuals as well as extracts from contemporary documents! this book aims to capture the reality of industrialization while introducing the many facts and figures which make up the real backbone of the history of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF TABLESACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONPart I - Conceptualising the Industrial RevolutionONEPerceptions of the Industrial RevolutionTWOThe regionality of English economic developmentPart II - Development of the economic infrastructureTHREETechnological change and work organisationFOURFinancing the Industrial RevolutionFIVESellers and buyers: demand and the Industrial RevolutionSIXFeeding the Industrial RevolutionPart III - The Industrial Revolution and aspects of everyday lifeSEVENThe demography of the Industrial RevolutionEIGHTFamilies, households and individualsNINEThe changing economics of the householdTENThe built environment during the Industrial RevolutionConclusionBibliographyIndex
