A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

Thomas Crump
A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World
ISBN: 9781845298975
Publication Date: 27 May 2010

From the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a technological revolution the like of which had never been seen before.

Inventors, businessmen, scientists, explorers all had their part to play in the story of the Industrial Revolution and in this Brief History Thomas Crump brings their story to life, and shows why it is a chapter in English history that can not be ignored.

About the Author

Thomas Crump used to teach Anthropology at Amsterdam University. He is the author of A Brief History of Science and A Brief History of the Age of Steam.