INDUSTRIAL CULTURE: 

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The "industrial revolution" spotlights a set of social and economic changes especially notable in Britain during 1760-1840.  These changes include a shift in jobs from agriculture to industry and the rapid growth of cities.  There was expansion in traditional economic sectors (wool, building, agriculture), very rapid growth in new economic sectors (cotton, coal, iron, steam), and -- most dramatically -- the emergence of new social forms (factories, working class, industrialism).  The pages here below deal mainly with these dramatic changes.