Industrial Revolutionaries The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914

Name: Industrial Revolutionaries The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914
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ISBN: 9780802144843

ISBN-10: 0802144845

ISBN-13: 9780802144843

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gavin Weightman

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In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Weightman shows how, in less than 150 years, a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water was made into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by steam and fossil fuels.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Spies



Mad About Iron



The Toolbag Travellers



The Cornishman's Puffer



They Kept Their Heads



Some Yankees in the Works



The Railway Men



Cowcatchers and Timber Tracks



Les Rosbifs Go To Work



A Prophet Without Honour



A Blast of Hot Air



Morse Decoded



The Palace of Wonders



'A Very Handsome Tail'



The Petroleum Pioneers



The Steel Revolution



Of Scots and Samurai



Horsepower



The Wizard of Menlo Park



The Terror of the Torpedo



The Synthetic World


Postscript


Notes


Bibliography


Index