The Industrial Revolution and British Society / Edition 1

by Patrick O'Brien, Roland Quinault

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521437448
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/29/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

"...a wide-ranging and varied volume wth essays of a generally high standard: thorough as surveys and interesting in adding some new interpretations and emphases. It makes a fine and timely introduction to the subject and will be widely used and appreciated." Pat Hudson, Business History Review

"...a series of well-written pieces that students may profitably dip into...." S.D. Smith, Albion

"The quality of the essays is almost uniformly high and the choice of topics close to ideal." Reed Geiger, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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