The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830
by:
Hudson Ashton (author)
"Though the Industrial Revolution has often been regarded as a catastrophe, in this book it is presented as an achievement, for in spite of destructive wars and a rapid growth of population the material standards of most of the people of Britain were raised. Professor Ashton lays stress on the...
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"Though the Industrial Revolution has often been regarded as a catastrophe, in this book it is presented as an achievement, for in spite of destructive wars and a rapid growth of population the material standards of most of the people of Britain were raised. Professor Ashton lays stress on the intellectual and economic, no less than on the technical, aspects of the movemen
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Format: hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 1967
Edition language: English