ABSTRACT
The Industrial Revolution had a profound and lasting effect on socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain.
The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850, coinciding with Britain’s transition from a late pre-industrial economy to one based on industrialisation and urbanisation.
This fully revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive range of pedagogical material to support the text, including a Glossary of terms, people and parliamentary acts, new primary source documents and a brand new Chronology and ‘Who’s Who’ section. The Birth of Industrial Britain provides an essential up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on British society for students at all levels.TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|6 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|4 pages
The Birth of Industrial Britain
part 2|100 pages
Analysis
chapter 2|15 pages
Work and Leisure
chapter 3|13 pages
Living and Health Standards
chapter 4|14 pages
Religion and Society
chapter 5|13 pages
Popular Education
chapter 6|14 pages
The Old and New Poor Laws
chapter 7|15 pages
Popular Protest
chapter 8|14 pages
Crime, Justice and Punishment
part 3|6 pages
Assessment