"The Industrial Revolution is central to the teaching of economic history. It has also been key to historical research on the commercial expansion of Western Europe, the rise of factories, coal and iron production, the proletarianization of labour, and the birth and worldwide spread of...

Growth and the standard of living in the industrial revolution -- The building blocks of a new economy -- Making an industrial revolution I : technological change -- Making an industrial revolution II : the elaboration of the factory system -- Why was Britain first? -- Leads and lags : competing...