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What is The Industrial Revolution in World History about?
Now in its fifth edition, this bookexplores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history, covering the international factors that helped launch the industrial revolution, its global spread and its impact from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. The single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, the industrial revolution continues to shape the contemporary world. Revised and brought into the present, this fifth edition of Peter N. Stearns’ __The Industrial Revolution in World History__ extends his global analysis of the industrial revolution. Looking beyond the West, the book considers India, the Middle East and China and now includes more on key Latin American economies and Africa as well as the heightened tensions, since 2008, about the economic aspects of globalization and the decline of manufacturing in the West. This edition also features a new chapter on key historiographical debates, updated suggestions for further reading and boxed debate features that encourage the reader to consider diversity and different viewpoints in their own analysis, and pays increased attention to the environmental impacts. I
Who reads The Industrial Revolution in World History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter N. Stearns
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000227048
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Management, Economics
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14