ISBN: 9781604134988

Description: 127 pages ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119) and index.

Contents:

• Introduction: the Great Exhibition
• Britain before the industrial revolution
• The capitalist and consumer revolutions
• The revolution in farming
• The textile revolution
• The age of iron and steam
• The rise of the industrial city
• The demand for reforms
• Conclusion: an industrialized world.

LCCN: 2010030579

Control Number: 819407

Series:

• Milestones in modern world history
• Milestones in modern world history.

Subjects:

• Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1760-1860 -- Juvenile literature.
• Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
• Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.