ABSTRACT

This classic volume, first published in 1928, is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Arranged in three distinct parts, it covers:

* Preparatory Changes
* Inventions and Factories
* The Immediate Consequences.

A valuable reference, it is, as Professor T. S. Ashton says in his preface to this work, 'in both its architecture and detail this volume is by far the best introduction to the subject in any language... one of a few works on economic history that can justly be spoken of as classics'.

chapter |20 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

PART I Preparatory Changes

chapter 1|44 pages

THE OLD TYPE OF INDUSTRY AND ITS EVOLUTION

chapter 2|45 pages

COMMERCIAL EXPANSION

chapter 3|51 pages

THE REDISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND

part |2 pages

PART II Inventions and Factories

chapter 2|51 pages

THE FACTORIES

chapter 3|40 pages

COAL AND IRON

chapter 4|28 pages

THE STEAM ENGINE

part |2 pages

PART III The Immediate Consequences

chapter 1|24 pages

THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND POPULATION

chapter 2|34 pages

INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM

chapter 3|41 pages

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND LABOUR

chapter 4|34 pages

INTERVENTION AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE