Liberty's Dawn A People's History of the Industrial Revolution

Name: Liberty's Dawn A People's History of the Industrial Revolution
Price: 9.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780300205251

ISBN-10: 0300205252

ISBN-13: 9780300205251

Edition: 2014

Authors: Emma Griffin

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This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. This rich personal account focuses on the social impact of the Industrial Revolution, rather than its economic and political histories. In the tradition of best-selling books by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders, and Jerry White,…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.52" wide x 0.78" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English