This book puts the industrial revolution in a political and institutional context of state-making and the creation of modern national states, demonstrating that
The industrial revolution and the creation of the modern (national) state are two of the most important historical processes to have occurred in Europe during t
"The Industrial Revolution" (17601870) covers the century of extraordinary inventiveness and unprecedented industrial and economic growth which began in mid-18t
"The Industrial Revolution" (1760—1870) covers the century of extraordinary inventiveness and unprecedented industrial and economic growth which began in mid-
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be