Making sense of the Industrial Revolution English economy and society, 1700-1850

This comprehensive and innovative book on the Industrial Revolution uses carefully chosen case studies, illustrated with extracts from contemporary documents, to offer new perspectives on the process and impact of industrialization. The authors look at the development of economic structures, the financing of the Industrial Revolution, technological advances, markets and demand, and agricultural progress. The book also deals with changes in demography, the household, families, and the built environment.

Steven King is Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University.

Geoffrey Timmins is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Central Lancashire.