The Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Modern AgeBarnes & Noble, 1978 - 292 ページ In the eighteenth century, England was transformed from an agricultural nation to an industrial one, as commerce, trade, transportation, and invention changed the iron, coal, and textile industries, giving birth to a new society. |
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Introduction I | 1 |
Population and Society in the Eighteenth Century | 5 |
A Map of Society 1688 22 | 22 |
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