This is an exciting Key Stage 3 resource for teaching and learning about the issues and events that characterize the birth and development of industrial Britain. Including the country's relations with Europe and its growing Empire. The title never lets go of the period's story, providing opportunities to examine the big picture and investigate particular topics.

Did you know that Napoleon might have been poisoned by his wallpaper; that slaves who refused to eat had their teeth broken and food forced into their mouths; that during the Indian Mutiny the British executed prisoners by tying them to the front of their cannons; or that one reason why the Titanic sank was because the sea was so calm?

This book is part of a book series called Hodder History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hodder Education .

Neil DeMarco is Head of History at Chesham High School, Buckinghamshire, and is a well-known author of History textbooks.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Britain in 1750 and 1900 2. The Agricultural Revolution 3. The Coming of Machines 4. The Powerhouse of Industry: Coal and Iron 5. Transport 6. Britain's Colonies and Overseas Trade 7. Wars With France 8. The British Empire in India 9. The Slave Trade 10. Reform and Protest 11. Women in the 19th Century 12. Exploration 13. Developments in Medicine 14. Changes in Warfare 15. The Titanic - The End of the 19th Century?