Ashton, T. S. The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. Stresses a definitive, sharp turn in economic activity in Great Britain after 1760.
Anderson, M. Family Structure in Nineteenth Century Lancashire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Emphasizes the role that industrialization played in changing the nature of family life in this important early center of British manufacturing.
Beaudoin, S. M. Problems in European Civilization: The Industrial Revolution. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. A recommended collection of brief but scholarly essays covering a variety of topics related to the Industrial Revolution.
Bentham, M., ed. Arthur Young’s Travels in France during the Years 1787, 1788, 1789. London: George Bell and Sons, 1909. A fascinating compilation of Arthur Young’s observations of French political, social, and economic life on the eve of the French Revolution.
Bland, C. The Mechanical Age: The Industrial Revolution in England. New York: Facts on File, 1995. Rich blend of themes, short biographical sketches, and key events in the first century of British industrialization.
Crouzet, F. The First Industrialists: The Problems of Origins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. A detailed account of the social and
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Economic origins of the new men who founded the factories and mills that became the basis for the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.
Clapham, J. H. An Economic History of Modern Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930. Argues that no revolutionary development regarding economic and industrial growth took place in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Crafts, N. F R. British Economic Growth during the Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Relies on national economic statistics not available to 18th and 19th century observers of British industrial growth.
Dale, H., & Dale, R. The Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. A short but highly readable work that describes the most significant inventors and inventions during the Industrial Revolution.
Deane, P. The First Industrial Revolution. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Revision of earlier 1969 work but still supports contention of a specific era that can be labeled as the Industrial Revolution.
Doty, C. S. The Industrial Revolution. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969. General survey of the causes and course of the industrial revolution.
Dublessis, R. S. Transformation to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Examines the role of consumer demand on the course of the Industrial Revolution.
Engels, F. Translated by W. O. Henderson and W. H. Chalons. The Condition of the Working Class in England. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1968. An important contemporary work based on observations of the working class environment in Manchester during the middle of the 19th century, one that led to his famous collaboration with Karl Marx.
Flaherty, T. H., ed. Time Frame ad 1800-1850: The Pulse of Enterprise. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1990. A brief, readable summary of the key industrial developments in the first half of the 19th century.
Flinn, M. W. Origins of the Industrial Revolution. London: Longman, 1966. An excellent treatment of the emerging Industrial Revolution in Great Britain with an emphasis on statistical analysis such as the standard of living, real wages, etc.
Hammond, J. L., & Hammond, B. The Rise of Modern Industry. London: Methuen, 1925. Addresses the enigma of the Industrial Revolution— the rise of great wealth and at the same time the appearance of unimagined poverty.
Hartwell, R. M. The Industrial Revolution. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1970. Stresses that while the growth of wealth and increase in poverty were obvious trends, in real terms the misery of the Industrial Revolution was no worse than the agrarian world preceding it.
Hays, W P Samuel Morse and the Electronic Age. New York: F Watts, 1966. Examination of the impact of Morse’s telegraph on the new age of communication.
Henderson, W O. The Industrial Revolution in Europe, 1815-1914. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1961. General survey of the growth and spread of the Industrial Revolution in Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Hill, C. Reformation to Industrial Revolution: The Making of Modern English Society, 1530-1780, Vol. 1. New York, Pantheon Books, 1965. Excellent survey of British political, social, and economic picture in the two centuries leading to the Industrial Revolution.
Hobsbawm, E. The Age of Capital. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962. Important work by a Marxist historian who traces the development of capitalism from the riotous days of 1848 until 1875.
King, S., & Timmins, G. Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution: English Economy and Society, 1700-1850. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001. Analyzes the Industrial Revolution from technological and theoretical conception and provides a number of primary documents for more detailed study
Lampard, E. E. The Industrial Revolution: Interpretations and Perspectives. Washington, D. C.: Washington Service Center for Teachers, 1957. An older but still useful guide for new teachers of the Industrial Revolution.
Landes, D. The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. A classic work that emphasizes the role of technological change to the transformation of economies in Great Britain and Western Europe.
Leone, B. The Industrial Revolution: Opposing Views. San Diego, Calif: Green-haven Press, 1998. An engaging collection of pro and con opinions on economic change as stated by American observers such as Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Carnegie, and Eugene V Debs.
Lipson, E. The Economic History of England. London: Longman, 1934. Emphasizes that the Industrial Revolution was another example of the natural flow of continuity and change in history.
Mantoux, P. The Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century: An Outline of the Beginnings of the Modern Factory System. London: Cape, 1961. Early proponent of statistical analysis to argue for a series of longterm changes that prepared Great Britain for major economic growth in the last thirty years of the 18th century.
Marx, K. Translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Averling. Capital. Vol. 1. New York: International Publishing, 1967. Famous indictment of capitalism and the exploitation of labor in the 19th century.
Miller, J. H. Charles Dickens: The World of his Novels. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. Review of Dickens’ contributions to make
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Public the ills of British society that emerged during the Industrial Revolution.
Mokyr, J. The British Industrial Revolution: An Economic Perspective. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1999. Argues for a revolutionary interpretation of the Industrial Revolution because technological change and economic growth were clearly visible during the era.
Nardinelli, C. Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Separates fact from fiction regarding the issue of child labor and traces British legislative efforts to reform the use of children in factories.
Nef, J. U. The Rise of the British Coal Industry. 2 vols. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1922. Opines that the Industrial Revolution’s origins date to the middle of the 16th century
O’Brien, P K., & Quinalt, R., eds. The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Collection of essays regarding issues in the Industrial Revolution such as women’s roles, parliamentary reform, crime and labor movements.
Rostow, W. W. The Stages of Economic Growth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991 (reprint). Important work that stresses the five stages of economic change associated with industrialization.
Stalcup, B., ed. The Industrial Revolution. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2002. An excellent work that compiles historical commentaries, selected biographies, and contested issues regarding the Industrial Revolution.
Stearns, P. The Industrial Revolution in World History. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. An important work that places the Industrial Revolution in a larger context as it spread its influence and had markedly different impacts across the globe.
Taylor, P A. M. The Industrial Revolution in Britain: Triumph or Disaster. Boston: Boston Heath, 1958. Work debates the historical tension between those who embrace the positive aspects of the Industrial Revolution and those who emphasize its attendant economic and social ills.
Thomas, B. The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy: Selected Essays. New York: Routledge, 1993. Dismisses the revisionist views of the Industrial Revolution and emphasizes Great Britain’s ability to sustain her economic growth in the latter half of the 19th century by dominating world trade and exchanging manufactured goods for needed foodstuffs.
Thompson, E. P. The Making of the English Working Class. London: Penguin, 1968. Work on the origins and growth of the British proletariat is representative of how in the 1960s the study of the Industrial Revolution split into smaller elements for examination.
Toynbee, A. The Industrial Revolution. London: Green & Company, 1894. The classic work on the Industrial Revolution, which places the starting point at 1760.
Weatherill, L. Consumer Behavior and Material Culture in Britain, 1600-1760. London: Routledge, 1988. Emphasizes the changing nature of Britain’s consumer society during the transition to the Industrial Revolution.
Webb, S. & Webb, B. The History of Trade Unionism. London: Green and Company, 1884. Argues in a similar vein as the Hammonds text concerning the wide disparity between the wealthy and poor in the Industrial Revolution.
Wilson, C. England’s Apprenticeship, 1603-1763. London: Longman, 1965. Traces roots of Britain’s industrial development to the 1660s and argues that its dominance in international trade provided a foundation for rapid economic growth.
Wrigley, E. A. Continuity, Chance, and Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Essay that emphasizes the shift that occurred from a life based on the rhythm of nature to one in which humans regulated and dictated economic behavior.
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