This text is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the first Industrial Revolution.

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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

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be

The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching