CONTENTS:

1. Population
2. The Agrarian Revolution 1750-1850
3. The Industrial Revolution
4. The textile industry 1700-1850
5. The Luddites
6. The coal industry 1700-1850
7. The iron industry 1700-1850
8. The pottery industry 1700-1900
9. The development of power
10. Road transport
11. Canals
12. Railways
13. The development of shipping 1800-1939
14. Factory reform
15. Social and economic conditions in Britain 1793-1822
16. The Poor Law 1750-1948
17. Law and order 1700-1900
18. Education 1750-1944
19. Public health in Britain 1750-1900
20. Trade and trading policy since 1750
21. Working-class movements
22. Industrial developments 1850-1914
23. Agriculture in Britain 1815-1914
24. The emancipation of women
25. The social reforms of the Liberal Government 1906-14
26. The First World War (1914-18) and its effects
27. The trade unions 1914-39
28. Industry between the wars 1919-39
29. The Wall Street Crash and the depression of the thirties
30. The Home Front during the Second War 1939-45
31. The Labour Government 1945-51
32. Communications and transport since 1840
33. Britain 1951-86