Cottage Industry and the Factory System
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain when it did? How quickly and decisively did it transform industrial technology, class relations and living standards?
Industrial Revolution
The Pre-Industrial Sources of Power: Muscle Power
The first of the series by J. Kenneth Major, on the harnessing of human and animal sources of energy.
The Pre-Industrial Sources of Power: Power From the Sea
Walter Minchinton, with assistance from the late Peveril Meig, looks at the potential of the ocean - from tidal mills to power stations.