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December 1, 2001
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Understanding the Industrial Revolution. Charles More. Routledge. [pounds sterling]45.00. 188 pages. ISBN 0415-18404-5. The aim of this study is to 'make the Industrial Revolution more comprehensible to students and non-economic historians'. By 'revolution' the author means the 100 years between 1750 and 1850. He focuses on industrialisation within Britain's economy, its causes and impacts and therefore excludes agriculture which, he recognises, also underwent profound changes. His aim is to explain why the ...

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