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

by Weightman, Gavin

• ISBN13: 9780802144843
• ISBN10: 0802144845
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-25
• Publisher: Grove Press

Summary

In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Weightman shows how, in less than 150 years, a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water was made into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by steam and fossil fuels.

Author Biography

Gavin Weightman is a social historian whose books focus on the origins of modern society. He is the author of the best-selling London's Thames, The Frozen Water Trade, and Signor Marconi's Magic Box.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Spies	p. 10
Mad About Iron	p. 22
The Toolbag Travellers	p. 37
The Cornishman's Puffer	p. 48
They Kept Their Heads	p. 67
Some Yankees in the Works	p. 90
The Railway Men	p. 117
Cowcatchers and Timber Tracks	p. 136
Les Rosbifs Go To Work	p. 152
A Prophet Without Honour	p. 173
A Blast of Hot Air	p. 190
Morse Decoded	p. 197
The Palace of Wonders	p. 213
'A Very Handsome Tail'	p. 232
The Petroleum Pioneers	p. 252
The Steel Revolution	p. 270
Of Scots and Samurai	p. 285
Horsepower	p. 299
The Wizard of Menlo Park	p. 324
The Terror of the Torpedo	p. 342
The Synthetic World	p. 361
Postscript	p. 383
Notes	p. 394
Bibliography	p. 402
Index	p. 407
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