Autor: Edward Allhusen
Editorial: Old House
Books
Año edición: 2009
Precio: 20,99 euros
The
Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the 18th century was one of the
great turning points in world history. Industries previously confined to
cottages and small workshops expanded rapidly taking advantage of steam power,
greatly improved transport and unstoppable Victorian entrepreneurship. This map
revisits the era when British Industry was the finest in the world and shows
over 600 locations that became centres of production, manufacture and
enterprise. Since the earliest stone age man traded flints with his neighbour
Britons have been industrious people. For centuries small industries sprang up
all over the country where the availability of raw materials and a local market
could provide an entrepreneur with his living. Expansion was invariably
hindered by inadequate power and poor transport prevented access to materials
and markets. The Industrial Revolution, a process that burst into life in 1760,
changed everything. Steam power pumped water from flooded mines, turned wheels
on spinning machines and, the greatest industrial invention of all, gave us the
locomotive that enabled raw materials to be delivered to distant factories and
finished products to reach consumers. The most significant social change of
this revolution was the migration of a predominantly rural workforce to the new
industrial centres where different towns became associated with particular
skills and trades. This map shows the principal activities in hundreds of
places from the great coal fields of South Wales and Scotland to humble
villages such as one in Dorset where teasels were grown for use by cloth
workers. It also shows the birthplaces of famous inventors and industrialists,
lists imports arriving from the rapidly growing British Empire and marks the
sites of numerous important industrial events. An introduction by Anthony
Burton describes the remarkable changes that started in Britain and soon spread
throughout the world.
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