Making sense of the Industrial Revolution

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University. Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire

• 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

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