First Industrial Nation : An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1914

This celebrated and seminal work examines the industrial revolution, from its genesis in pre-industrial Britain, through its development and into maturity. The First Industrial Nation charts the changes in the British economy, agriculture, trade finance, labor and transport, from 1700 to the inter-war years of the twentieth century.First published in 1969, and now with a new introduction The First Industrial Nation is widely recognized as the classic tome on the industrial revolution.