The Industrial Revolution by T. S. Ashton is a story of the emergence of industrial civilization. Ashton was an English economic historian. He was professor of economic history at the London School of Economics at the University of London, and Emeritus Professor until his death in 1968. The Industrial Revolution (1760–1830) is his best known work, and put forth a positive view of the benefits of this era. The industrial revolution has been attacked and opinioned by many. Some say it the cause of poverty, as hardship of labor, the pollution, and destruction of the family. This book provides the historical facts to refute these claims, showing the enormous beneficial effects of the Industrial Revolution and examining the conditions that made
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Many influences were operating in the time period that reduced the death rate. The root crops provided more cattle feed in the winter and so there was a supply of meat throughout the year. The wheat substitution all of the vegetables strengthened resistance to disease. People had higher standards of cleanliness with the cheaper soap and underwear that lowered infection. The way things were built reduced pests. Medicine and surgery developed along with hospital and dispensaries. Some writers said it was the growth of the industry, but this author gets his point across about …show more content…
Although this book was written fifty years ago it still stimulates through his clear expressions and energy. He included quotes from other works just no references to the material. Ashton recognized that economic process was not characterized by sudden change and that industrial revolution was just one stage of capitalist development. He doesn’t provide graphs or evidence but is very logic to persuade you to agree with his viewpoint on the industrial revolution. Ashton wrote “An historian as written of the ‘disaster of the industrial revolution’ if by this he means that the years 1760 and 1830 were darkened by wars and made cheerless by dearth no objection can be made to the phrase”(p.129). Technical and economic changes were a source of calamity. With the increase in numbers the industrial revolution created a positive change
Many influences were operating in the time period that reduced the death rate. The root crops provided more cattle feed in the winter and so there was a supply of meat throughout the year. The wheat substitution all of the vegetables strengthened resistance to disease. People had higher standards of cleanliness with the cheaper soap and underwear that lowered infection. The way things were built reduced pests. Medicine and surgery developed along with hospital and dispensaries. Some writers said it was the growth of the industry, but this author gets his point across about …show more content…
Although this book was written fifty years ago it still stimulates through his clear expressions and energy. He included quotes from other works just no references to the material. Ashton recognized that economic process was not characterized by sudden change and that industrial revolution was just one stage of capitalist development. He doesn’t provide graphs or evidence but is very logic to persuade you to agree with his viewpoint on the industrial revolution. Ashton wrote “An historian as written of the ‘disaster of the industrial revolution’ if by this he means that the years 1760 and 1830 were darkened by wars and made cheerless by dearth no objection can be made to the phrase”(p.129). Technical and economic changes were a source of calamity. With the increase in numbers the industrial revolution created a positive change