How Science and Technology Changed Art
Andrea Wolter-Abele looks at how machines and industrial society provoked new concepts of creativity.
Industrial Revolution
Forge Mill Needle Museum
Richard Cavendish unthreads the history of this Worcestershire museum.
The Entrepreneurial State, 1700-1914
Did the British state help the UK's transformation into a position of world industrial dominance? Were 'gentlemen capitalists' or no-nonsense industrialists fawned on or frustrated by government and its agents? Martin Daunton addresses a controversial historical debate.
The Pre-Industrial Family
Ralph Houlbrooke traces back the distinctive roots of the modern family.
The Idea of Poverty
Gertrude Himmelfarb considers why and when poverty ceased to be a ‘natural’ condition and become a ‘social’ problem in the Early Industrial Age.
Joseph Wright of Derby - Painter of the Industrial Revolution
K.Z. Cieszkowski on the visual chronicler of scentific and industrial developments in the 18th century Midlands.
Class and Common Interest
R.J. Morris begins the second part of our special feature on the Industrial Revolution, asking what were the effects of the Industrial Revolution on class and class consciousness in Britain?
A Tall Story? The Standard of Living Debate
Roderick Floud continues our special feature on the Industrial Revolution with a look at the impact of industrialisation on the British people.
Ironbridge: The Cradle of Industrialisation
Barrie Trinder examines the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.
Toil and Technology in Britain and America
Martin Daunton explores 19th century production on both sides of the Atlantic.