The industrial revolution in world history
- Author/Creator:
- Stearns, Peter N.
- Publication/Creation:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2007]
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
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- Full Title:
- The industrial revolution in world history / Peter N. Stearns
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- American Council of Learned Societies
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Electronic books
- Subjects:
- Industrial revolution
Economic history
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Defining the Industrial Revolution -- pt. 1. The first phase, 1760-1880 : western primacy, global contexts, and global results. Britain's revolution : new processes and economic transformation -- New causes : why did the Industrial Revolution happen, and why did it happen in eighteenth-century Britain? -- The Industrial Revolution in western society -- The social impact of the Industrial Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution outside the West -- pt. 2. The second phase, 1880-1950 : the new international cast. The Industrial Revolution changes stripes -- The Industrial Revolution in Russia -- The Industrial Revolution in Japan -- New developments in western societies : redefinitions of the industrial economy -- The Industrial Revolution in international context -- pt. 3. The third phase, 1950s-2000s : the industrialization of the world. The Industrial Revolution in the past half century -- Industrial revolutions and industrial sectors -- The new spectrum in the less industrial world : evolution and exploitation -- A Postindustrial Revolution? -- Global industry and the environment -- Globalization and the complexities of industrial trends -- Conclusion.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Local Note:
- Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990033597990302486
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