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

Modern European economic history is marked by an endeavor to transcend the traditional national case study approach, to use comparisons and to deploy economic t

‘The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution’ offers a new explanation of the origins of the industrial revolution in Western Europe by placing development i

The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary w

A volume of essays offering accounts of national experience during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the USA.