The industrial revolution / Brenda Stalcup, book editor. - San Diego, CA : Detroit, USA : Greenhaven Press ; Thomson Gale, c2002. - Turning points in world history .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: The start of the industrial revolution -- 2: The great innovators of the industrial revolution -- 3: Laborers and Robber Barons -- 4: The impact of the industrial revolution.

0737709278 (hbk.)


Economic history--1750-1918.
Industrial revolution.
Inventors--History.--Europe
Industrialists--History.--Europe
Working class--History.--Europe
Europe--Economic conditions--1789-1900.
Technological innovations--History.--Europe

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