How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World: Interview with Economist Duncan Weldon
Tides of History
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The Industrial Revolution and the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom
Before the industrial revolution, britain was pretty much controlled by large landowners. But once you get the growth of this more urban commercial and capitalist middle class, what you see in bretain is their cooption into the governing model. And then it takes another almost 100 years to transition to something by the twentieth century - which is a long and drawn out process.
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