The Industrial Revolutionaries

The Industrial Revolutionaries The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914

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Publisher's Synopsis

Gavin Weightman's sweeping history of the industrial revolution shows how, in less than one hundred and fifty years, an unlikely band of scientists, spies, entrepreneurs, and political refugees took a world made of wood and powered by animals, wind, and water, and made it into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by steam and fossil fuels. Weightman weaves together the dramatic stories of giants such as Edison, Watt, Wedgwood, and Daimler, with lesser-known or entirely forgotten characters, including a group of Japanese samurai who risked their lives to learn the secrets of the West, and John “Iron Mad" Wilkinson, who didn't let war between England and France stop him from plumbing Paris. Distilling complex technical achievements, outlandish figures, and daring adventures into an accessible narrative that spans the globe as industrialism spreads, The Industrial Revolutionaries is a remarkable work of original, engaging history.

Book information

ISBN: 9780802144843
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Imprint: Grove Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 386g
Height: 203mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 33mm