Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850–1870
by
Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Judith Rowbotham
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
In 1850 the Industrial Revolution came to an end. In 1851 the Great Exhibition illustrated to the whole world the supremacy of industrial England. For the next twenty years Britain reigned supreme. From around 1870 Britain began to decline. Britain is now a second rate power with strong memories of...