Economic And Social History (1750 -1950)
 
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  • Essential information for the study of economic and social History, covering the period 1750 to 1950.

    Requiring no previous subject knowledge, this is a concise course for individual study or classroom reference. Sequentially organised to aid a direct search and with frequent illustrations to assist in providing explainations in greater depth.



    People

    James Hargreaves - 1764, Spinning Jenny.

    Richard Arkwright - 1769, Water Frame.

    Arthur Young - 1785 Power Loom.

    Sammuel Crompton - 1779, Spinning Mule.

    James Watt - Steam Power

    Edmund Cartwright - 1887, Power Loom.

    Robert Owen - Mill owner, New Lanark,Scotland.



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