You should check out, "The Rise and Fall of American Growth". That book does a very good job of explaining how the growth we consider part of the industrial rev

You should check out, "The Rise and Fall of American Growth". That book does a very good job of explaining how the growth we consider part of the industrial revolution actually came after. Specifically, the book focuses on the eras 1870-1940 and 1940-1970. It's about the U.S. but a lot of the book also shows how many of the statistics from the U.S. are shadowed by the U.K.