Detailed study of the role of overseas trade and Africans in the Industrial Revolution.

This book seeks to enrich our understanding of middle-class life in England during the Industrial Revolution. For many years, questions about how the middle cla

Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolu

This collection of essays explores the inter-imperial connections between British, Spanish, Dutch, and French Caribbean colonies, and the 'Old World' countries

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be