1. Modern conceptions of the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 2. Women in the work force Duncan Bythell; 3. Reinterpretations of the Industrial Revolution Gary Hawke; 4. Methodism and political stability in early industrial England Alan D. Gilbert; 5. Sex and desire in the Industrial Revolution Thomas Laqueur; 6. Political preconditions for the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 7. Crime, law and punishment in the Industrial Revolution Davis Philips; 8. The Industrial Revolution and parliamentry reform Roland E. Quinault; 9. The margins of the Industrial Revolution Eric Richards; 10. Social aspects of the Industrial Revolution John Stevenson; 11. Technological and organisational change in industry during the Industrial Revolution G. N. von Tunzelmann; 12. Postscript Eric Jones.
This text is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the first Industrial Revolution.
'It is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social
aspects of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and early
nineteenth century. The eleven chapters range widely over modern
conceptions of the Industrial Revolution, through a consideration
of women in the workforce, religion and political stability and sex
and desire to politics, crime and social aspects of that
revolutionary period. Valuable bibliographies are appended to each
chapter. The papers are invariably well written and stimulating,
raising questions of historiography and methodology that students
above 13 are perfectly capable of understanding.' Richard Brown,
Teaching History
'This is an essential … extremely useful handbook for anyone
doing work on this period.' Open History
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