Table of Contents

• 1: The Industrial Revolution Begins. The First Industrial Nation
• 2: The Domestic System
• 3: The First Factories
• 4: The Raw Materials and New Inventions. Power - Water and Steam
• 5: Coal Mining
• 6: Iron and Steel
• 7: Railways and Canals
• 8: Shipbuilding
• 9: Communications
• 10: The Great Exhibition
• 11: Changes in Britain. Working Conditions and the First Reforms
• 12: The Luddites Attack
• 13: Trades Unions
• 14: Making Sense of the Census
• 15: Towns, Cities and Overcrowding
• 16: Dirt, Death and Disease
• 17: The Poor
• 18: Education
• 19: Leisure for Everyone
• 20: Visiting the Industrial Revolution
• 22: Glossary
• 23: Index

About the Author

Peter Hepplewhite is an experienced writer of children's history and has taught the subject for many years. He is currently the Education Officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service. Peter's wife Mairi, helped compile this book.