Hanging with History

The Industrial Revolution; Part 1


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So just what was that miracle that happened that one time?

A difficult question to answer, we'll take the approach of looking at it through many different facets.  We are using the analogy of a multi faceted gemstone.

We start with the lives of the lowest classes, a strange choice?  Well, Gregory Clark says these were the main beneficiaries of the Industrial Revolution.   

We make heavy use of Emma Griffin's Liberty's Dawn, a brilliant work which uses the approach of looking at what lower class people had to say about their own lives.  

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Hanging with HistoryBy Harald Hansen

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