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The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution in Britain

The Calico printing, which was at the heart of the success of British cotton exports, was something developed in India and copied from the Indians. And there are so many other inventions and gadgets that aren't peculiarly British. But what I would like to sort of get over is that the popular imagination about the Industrial Revolution, that it was just a question of a few great British men, is not sufficient.

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