Liberty's Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution - Rilegato

Griffin, Emma

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ISBN 10: 0300151802 ISBN 13: 9780300151800

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom.This rich personal account focuses on the social impact of the Industrial Revolution, rather than its economic and political histories. In the tradition of best-selling books by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders, and Jerry White, Griffin gets under the skin of the period and creates a cast of colorful characters, including factory workers, miners, shoemakers, carpenters, servants, and farm laborers.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Emma Griffin is professor of history at the University of East Anglia. She lives in Norwich, UK.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300151802
• ISBN 13: 9780300151800
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 303