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Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

FromIn Our Time: History


Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

FromIn Our Time: History

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Dec 30, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the far-reaching consequences of the Industrial Revolution. After more than a century of rapid technological change, and the massive growth of its urban centres, Britain was changed forever. Lifestyles changed as workers moved from agricultural settlements to factory towns: health, housing and labour relations were all affected. But the effects were both social and intellectual, as thinkers originated theories to deal with the new realities of urban living, mass production and a consumer society. With:Jane HumphriesProfessor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, University of OxfordEmma GriffinSenior Lecturer in History at the University of East AngliaLawrence GoldmanFellow and Tutor in History at St Peter's College, University of OxfordProducer: Thomas Morris.
Released:
Dec 30, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

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Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.