Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850

📖 The Scoop

Focusing on the key economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution, Brown provides a full, accurate and stimulating guide to this period, emphasising the diversity of contemporary experience.For both contemporaries and later historians the Industrial Revolution is viewed as a 'turning point' in modern British history. There is no doubt that change occurred, but what was the nature of that change, and how did it affect rural and urban society?This textbook provides a full, accurate and stimulating guide to that period.* Examines the nature of history* Stresses key economic and social aspects* Emphasizes British history and deals with developments in Wales, Scotland and Ireland in their own right* Distinctive emphasis on continuities as well as change* Over 80 elucidating tables and figures* Companion to Richard Brown's Church and State in Modern Britian 1700-1850.

Genre: History / General (fancy, right?)