In this admirably short and graceful book, Klaus Schwab takes us on a breathless tour of a technological, economic, and social revolution. The first industrial revolution moved us from muscle to ...

The Industrial Revolution may have marked the beginning of a new era in England, but the spirit and ... world,” according to Peter Hall’s 1998 book on urban growth, Cities in Civilization.

The Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1750 ... Coal mines were opened in the north of England, the Midlands and south Wales. But conditions in coal mines were dangerous.

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest story to happen ... who in 1825 was busy connecting two towns in the north of England, Stockton and Darlington. A man who’d been illiterate until ...