Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolu

The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it? And what kin

The industrial revolution stands out as a key event not simply in British history, but in world history, ushering in as it did a new era of sustained economic p

This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution, first published in 2010. Using more than 600 autobiographies writt