About this title: The so-called 'industrial revolution' is most commonly presented as a history of machines or a relentless process of innovation that sprang from a new kind of scientific thought forged in the eighteenth century. But, as it emerges in Gavin Weightman's fascinating social history, machines are mere gadgets unless there are people to make good use of them. "The Industrial Revolutionaries" interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Stevenson, Watt, Wedgwood, Daimler, Bessemer and Edison with lesser-known characters who carried industrialism from one nation to another, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781741032758ISBN:174103275X
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Publisher: Atlantic
Date Published: 2007-12
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Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781843545842ISBN:1843545845
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781843545859ISBN:1843545853
Description: New. Charts of the spread of industrialism from Britain to Europe, North America and Japan. This book interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Wedgwood and Edison with lesser known characters who carried industrialism from one... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN-13:9781843545859ISBN:1843545853
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Publisher: Atlantic-2007
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781843545842ISBN:1843545845
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