The Rise of Modern Industry

by J.L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond

Overview

First Published in 2005. This book is written for the general reader and not for the specialist. It is an attempt to put the Industrial Revolution in its place in history, and to give an idea both of its significance and of the causes that determined the age and the society in which it began. The book is divided into three parts: in part one authors discuss the development of commerce before the Industrial Revolution; part two describes the changes in transport which preceded the railways, the dissolution of the peasant village, the destruction of custom in industry, and the free play that capital found in consequence. Part three examines the first social effects of the change from a peasant to an industrial civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415379960
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/03/2005
Series:	Economic History
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction   Note on Further Reading  Part 1: Commerce Before The Industrial Revolution  1. From the Levant to the Atlantic  2. England as an Atlantic Power   3. The Effect of the Wars of Europe   4. The New Prestige of Commerce   Part 2: The English Industrial Revolution  5. The Revolution in Transport   6. The Destrne Lion of the Peasant Village   7. The Destruction of Custom in Industry   8. The Steam Engine  9. The Revolution in Iron   10. The Revolution in Pottery   11. The Revolution in Cotton   Part 3: The Social Consequences  12. The Shadow of thee Slave Trade  13. The Curse of Midas  14. A World in Disorder  15. The Beginnings of a New Society  16. The World Economic Crisis of the Twentieth Century   Index