The industrial revolution in world history / Peter N. Stearns.

Author/creator Stearns, Peter N.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Westview Press,
Descriptionx, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Industrial revolution.
Economic history.

Contents Introduction : Defining the Industrial Revolution -- pt. 1. The first phase, 1760-1880 : western primacy, global contexts, and global results. Britain's revolution : new processes and economic transformation -- New causes : why did the Industrial Revolution happen, and why did it happen in eighteenth-century Britain? -- The Industrial Revolution in western society -- The social impact of the Industrial Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution outside the West -- pt. 2. The second phase, 1880-1950 : the new international cast. The Industrial Revolution changes stripes -- The Industrial Revolution in Russia -- The Industrial Revolution in Japan -- New developments in western societies : redefinitions of the industrial economy -- The Industrial Revolution in international context -- pt. 3. The third phase, 1950s-2000s : the industrialization of the world. The Industrial Revolution in the past half century -- Industrial revolutions and industrial sectors -- The new spectrum in the less industrial world : evolution and exploitation -- A Postindustrial Revolution? -- Global industry and the environment -- Globalization and the complexities of industrial trends -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.
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LCCN 2006023006
ISBN0813343607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813343600 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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