First published in 1975 the book remained in print until about 1995

The book is illustrated by Belinda Swanson with photographs and excellent pictures, maps and diagrams. A simple outline course on the subject is given with the text divided into easily assimilated sections with short exercises to amplify each topic with encouragement for further research

Twenty Chapters cover Cottage Industry, The New Machines, Richard Arkwright, The Iron and Coal Industries, Power Sources, Farming Changes, Enclosure, James Brindley, Canals, Road Building, The Coaching Age, Population Changes, Factories and Factory Towns, Child Labour, Reformers, Self-Help, Railways, Steamships (featuring Brunel), and Britain as the "Workshop of the World".

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