Liberty's Dawn
A People's History of the Industrial Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19972453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Em Griffin (0000-0002-0245-6082, corresponding author), Emma Griffin |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 303 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Liberty's Dawn (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Yale University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.12987/yale/9780300151800.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4241386409 |
| Open Library | OL26883174M |
| ISBN | 9780300151800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
This book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the industrial revolution was experienced by the working class of Britain. The industrial revolution brought not simply misery and poverty, but in fact, the book argues, raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. This personal account focuses on the social impact of the industrialization, rather than its economic and political histories. The book gets under the skin of the period and creates a cast of colorful characters, including factory workers, miners, shoemakers, carpenters, servants, and farm laborers
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Art · Economic history · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Industrial action · Industrial Revolution · Industrialisation · Literacy · Period (music) · Political action · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Working class · Australian History and Society · History · Law · 15.70 history of Europe · 19th century · Alltag · Arbeidersklasse · Arbeiter · Arbeiterklasse · Arbetarklassen · Autobiografieën · Business & Economics · Economic conditions · Europe · General · Great britain · Großbritannien · Historia · Industrialisierung · Industrialization · Industriële revolutie · Industriella revolutionen · Industrielle Revolution · Industries · modern · Social conditions · Social history · Soziale Lage · Soziale Situation · Wirtschaftliche Lage
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |