The rise of modern industry / J. L. Hammond ; and Barbara Hammond ; With an Introduction by R. M. Hartwell.

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Hammond, J. L. (John Lawrence), 1872-1949 [author]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 1969Edition: First Harper Torchbooks EditionDescription: xxx, 303 p. ; 20 cmSubject(s):

LOC classification:

HD 2321 .H36 1969

Contents:

Part I - Commerce before the industrial revolution - I From the Levant to the Atlantic - II England as an Atlantic power - III The effect of the wars of Europe --

Part II - The English industrial revolution - V The revolution in transport - VI The destruction of the peasant village - VII The destruction of custom in industry - VIII The steam engine - IX The revolution in iron - X The revolution in pottery - XI The revolution in cotton --

Part III - The social consequences - XII The shadow of the slave trade - XIII The curse of Midas - XIV A world in disorder - XV The beginnings of a new society - XVI The world economic crisis of the twentieth century.

Summary: "This book is written for the general reader and not for the specialist. It is an attempt to put the Industrial Revolution in its place in history, and to give an idea both of its significance and of the causes that determined the age and the society in which it began."-- Pref., xxv.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKS	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	The Roscoe Proctor Collection	HD 2321 .H36 1969 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		NPML18110010

Index: p. 285-303.

Part I - Commerce before the industrial revolution - I From the Levant to the Atlantic - II England as an Atlantic power - III The effect of the wars of Europe --

"This book is written for the general reader and not for the specialist. It is an attempt to put the Industrial Revolution in its place in history, and to give an idea both of its significance and of the causes that determined the age and the society in which it began."-- Pref., xxv.

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