Industrial Britain: The Workshop of the World
No. of pages 96
Published: 1993
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This book features in the following series: Cambridge History Programme, Cambridge History Programme Ks3 .
This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published in 1993 by Cambridge University Press .
This book has the following chapters: Introduction: The Great Exhibition; OVERVIEW: THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD: 1. Population growth and urbanisation; 2. Changes in farming; 3. The birth of the factory; 4. Iron, coal and steam; 5. Canals, roads and railways; 6. A worldwide Empire; 7. A trading nation; OVERVIEW: CHANGES IN SOCIETY: 8. Child labour in mills and mines; 9. Winners and losers; 10. Squalor and splendour; 11. Religion; 12. On the move; 13. The role of women; 14. Growing up; 15. The real world of work?; OVERVIEW: POWER AND AUTHORITY: 16. Power and the people; 17. The Peterloo Massacre; 18. The Great Reform Act; 19. The Chartists; The legacy of industrialisation; Attainment target grid; Index.
