The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

Welcome, listeners, to the inaugural episode of "Making History!" This week we talk through historiography of the Industrial Revolution! The books we discuss are below: Authors 1: N.F.R. Crafts and C.K. Harley. Crafts, N. F. R. British Economic Growth During the Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. Harley, C. Knick. “British Industrialization Before 1841: Evidence of Slower Growth During the Industrial Revolution.” The Journal of economic history 42.2 (1982): 267–289.  Author 2: de Vries. de Vries, Jan. “The Industrial Revolution and the Industrious Revolution.” The Journal of economic history 54.2 (1994): 249–270. Author 3: Maxine Berg.  Berg, Maxine. The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820 : Industry, Innovation, and Work in Britain. 2nd ed. London ; Routledge, 1994. Author 4: Joel Mokyr. Mokyr, Joel. The Enlightened Economy: an Economic History of Britain 1700-1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Author 5: Emma Griffin. Griffin, Emma. Liberty’s Dawn: a People’s History of the Industrial Revolution. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2013.