The Islands: 19th century, politics

Steven Pincus view of the ind rev

• glorious revolution was when Britain modernised

• possibly over bold but valuable idea that the roots of ind rev ran much deeper in British society

Jan de Vries view of the Industrial Revolution

• higher quality of living led to a greater consumer demand as a middle class began to form

• idea of self exploitation - working men’s shorter hours and holiday had been enforced but they began to work more + women and children started to work

Joel M view of the ind rev

places the scietnfici rationality at the centre of an ‘industrial enlightenment’ which meant a new set of values was affecting how work and progress was viewed

Robert C Allen view of ind rev

evolution with a basis in the later Middle Ages due to England’s high wage structure, technology and an abundance of coal