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The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830 (OPUS)
T. S. Ashton
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Paperback. The Industrial Revolution is sometimes regarded as a catastrophe, but this text presents it as an important mark of progress. Ashton argues that the material standards of British people improved, technical innovation brought economic reward, and greater intellectual ingenuity was provoked. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 162 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
The Industrial Revolution has sometimes been regarded as a catastrophe which desecrated the English landscape and brought social opporession and appalling physical hardship to the workers. In this book, however, it is presented as an important and beneficial mark of progress. In spite of destructive wars and a rapid growth of population, the material living standards of most of the British people improved, and the technical innovations not only brought economic rewards but also provoked greater intellectual ingenuity. Innovation is therefore seen by Ashton not just as an economic course but as a social and cultural process influenced by ... Read more
The Industrial Revolution has sometimes been regarded as a catastrophe which desecrated the English landscape and brought social opporession and appalling physical hardship to the workers. In this book, however, it is presented as an important and beneficial mark of progress. In spite of destructive wars and a rapid growth of population, the material living standards of most of the British people improved, and the technical innovations not only brought economic rewards but also provoked greater intellectual ingenuity. Innovation is therefore seen by Ashton not just as an economic course but as a social and cultural process influenced by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
OPUS
Condition
New
Weight
176g
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192892898
SKU
V9780192892898
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About T. S. Ashton
T. S. Ashton was Professor of Economic History at the University of London from 1944 to 1954, and Emeritus Professor until his death in 1968. Pat Hudson is Professor Economic and Social History at the University of Liverpool.
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