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.
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
