WHEELING AND DEALING

• Iron and Coal
  • Coke and iron and the industrial revolution
  • Importance of iron
  • Importance of coal
  • Importance of canals
  • Why so much coal was used in England
• Weaving and Spinning
  • The nature and effects of power-loom weaving
• Ships and Wood-working
  • Eighteenth century ships as factories
  • Ships as complex technical systems
  • The automation of wood-cutting
• Clubs
  • Nature and importance of clubs and societies
• Consumer Society
  • The development of consumer society in Britain, part one
  • The development of consumer society in Britain, part two

 

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