The Industrial Revolution is a central concept in conventional understandings of the modern world, and as such is a core topic on many history courses. It is th

Textbook, comprising readings on the historical and social implications of industrialization for the working classes of 19th century Western Europe - presents c

Written for the layman as well as the economic historian this famous and much-used book not only presents a general synthesis of the pattern of European industr

A transnational survey of the economic development of Europe, exploring why some regions advanced and some stayed behind.

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be