Longman modern British history
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This series of short books covers the major topics in British history since 1700. The approach is one which integrates narrative, sources, questions and activities for the practice of a range of historical skills. The narrative and the wide variety of sources are aimed at those of average ability. The whole series provides an evidence-based approach suitable for GCSE students. "Manufacturing" was literally that - making goods by hand. It was very much a home-based activity. By 1850 this had changed: "industry" with its huge mills and factories and large worker-filled towns had arrived. This volume not only explains how and why these changes occurred and the effects they had on the lives of thousands, but it also shows that the change-over to industry was not totally complete by this time and the old way often persisted.
This series of short books covers the major topics in British history since 1700. The approach is one which integrates narrative, sources, questions and activities for the practice of a range of historical skills. The narrative and the wide variety of sources are aimed at those of average ability. The whole series provides an evidence-based approach suitable for GCSE students. This volume focuses on transport. Long distance travel in 1700 was neither speedy nor comfortable. Yet by 1850 the railway age had dawned and with it came speed and comfort, day trips, fresher food and cheaper consumer goods. "Transport 1700-1850" explores the development of the ways and means of transport of both people and goods, from the rutted roads of the early 18th century, through the great canal-building era, to the vast rails network that dominated mid 19th-century Britain.
This series of short books covers the major topics in British history since 1700. The approach is one which integrates narrative, sources, questions and activities for the practice of a range of historical skills. The narrative and the wide variety of sources are aimed at those of average ability. The whole series provides an evidence-based approach suitable for GCSE students. This volume shows how the development of medicine and the realization that cleaner conditions would lead to better health was a rather hit-and-miss process. Effective discoveries were achieved separately and important links, causes and effects came about by chance. The book also shows how the role of central government and town corporations changes as they battled with epidemics and discusses the implications that their involvement had for public health in general.