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The industrial revolution / Peter Hepplewhite and Mairi Campbell.

The industrial revolution / Peter Hepplewhite and Mairi Campbell.
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ISBN 9780750294850 (pbk.)
075029485X (pbk.)
Name Hepplewhite, Peter author.
Title The industrial revolution / Peter Hepplewhite and Mairi Campbell.
Published London Wayland, 2015.
Description 48 pages : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 21 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Contents The Industrial Revolution Begins: The first industrial nation -- The domestic system -- The first factories -- The Raw Materials and New Inventions: Power water and steam -- Coal mining -- Iron and steel -- Railways and canals -- Shipbuilding -- Communications -- The Great Exhibition -- Changes in Britain: Working conditions and the first reforms -- The Luddites attack -- Trades Unions -- Making sense of the census -- Towns, cities and overcrowding -- Dirt, death and disease -- The poor -- Education -- Leisure for everyone -- Visiting the Industrial Revolution.
Summary The book offers a chronological political history of the Industrial Revolution, as well as chapters on the major themes. Topics include developments in technology, the factory system and working life for men, women and children, education in factories and schools, the growth of industrial towns, and the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the military, ships and seafaring, rail travel, holidays and on local communities. Easy to navigate, each spread deals with a different topic and consists of maps, diagrams, artwork and photographs. Complete with timeline, glossary and 2-page index.
Subjects Industrial revolution -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
Other Names Campbell, Mairi author.
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