This an account of a technological revolution which transformed society throughout the world and which some historians believe is still continuing today. Using contemporary documentation from Britain, Europe and America, John Clare draws the reader into the excitements of the industrial success: the development of railways, the growth of industry, the progress made in the field of science. He also shows the reader some of the devastating results of this period of tremendous expansion.
- ISBN10 1898304912
- ISBN13 9781898304913
- Publish Date 3 August 1995 (first published 18 November 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Red Fox
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English