It was only when British engineers made these new technologies more cost-effective during the nineteenth century that ... of economics (or economic history): why did the Industrial Revolution happen ...

There was estimated to be around 200,000 ponies working in British mines during this period ... At the start of the Industrial Revolution, canals and barges provided the solution.

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial ... engines helped power the Industrial Revolution and they were found in mines and factories all over Britain.

It is written with great empathy for the social and economic costs ... There is no other historical study of British labour during the industrial revolution that so vividly brings to life the world of ...

A materials revolution also took root: Rapid advances in the manufacturing and refinement of iron lead to the construction of railways that crisscrossed Britain ... industrial outputs to the great ...

During the industrial revolution slate from Wales was exported all over the world. The slate communities of North Wales were ...