The Industrial Revolution

by Lee T. Wyatt III and Lee T. Wyatt

Book Overview

The Industrial Revolution that began in Great Britain in the mid-seventeenth century transformed the British economy--and later the economies of Western Europ and the U.S.--from a rural, agricultral system into an industrial society, centered around the factory system of mass production and specialized labor. the right mix of social, political and legal conditions in Britain at the time led to the discovery of labor. The right mix of social, political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313337691
• ISBN13: 9780313337697
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"