Iron, Steam & Money
The Making of the Industrial Revolution
$56.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2014
Summary
A fresh look at the decades when British ingenuity and technological innovation changed the course of human history and ushered in the modern world.
In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventors, industrialists and entrepreneurs ushered in the age of powered machinery and the factory, and thereby changed the whole of human society, bringing into being new methods of social and economic organisation, new social…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845952129 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184595212X |
| Author: | Roger Osborne |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 486g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 156mm x 233mm |
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Critics Review
Ably handling a mass of material, Osborne explores both the technological side of his subject and its human aspect
Ably handling a mass of material, Osborne explores both the technological side of his subject and its human aspect – Christopher Smith * UK Regional Press Syndication *
Osborne fires [the Industrial Revolution] up with great gusto – Iain Finlayson * The Times *
Detailed and scholarly – Steve Craggs * UK Regional Press Syndication *
A truly rattling good yarn – Jonathan Glancey * Country Life *
Detailed and scholarly * UK Regional Press Syndication *
Iron, Steam & Money is an engaging and enjoyable read, and Osborne’s clear prose and simple explanations provide shape and meaning to a concept that in many people’s minds remains a muddled memory from school days – Emma Griffin * BBC History Magazine *
Meaty and satisfying – Peter Forbes * Independent (Radar) *
Roger Osborne
Roger Osborne’s work has provided a range of innovative insights into our views of the past, and how they inform the present. His previous books include The Floating Egg: Episodes in the Making of Geology, The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China, The Dreamer of the Calle San Salvador: Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth-Century Spain, Civilization: A New History of the Western World, and Of The People, By The People, A New History of Democracy.
Roger Osborne is also a professional playwright. His plays include The Art Of Persuasion, first performed in 2011 and Laughton, staged in 2013. He lives in Scarborough.
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