Author: Knowles, L C A
Title: Industrial And Commercial Revolutions In Great Britain During The Nineteenth Century
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1930, reprint of revised edition. Cloth, dj, F/G. xii+416pp+12pp publishers adverts, index, spine totally lacking from dustjacket [ ie there are the front & back panels but no dj spine ] book a little rubebd at the corners, otherwise a fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ Standard history of the reasons why Britain was the first nation to embrace machinery & thus become the 'workshop of the world' in the 19th century.

Keywords: history, british history, industrial revolution, industry