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I've been looking for exactly this: first-hand accounts of technological progress and societal change in the 17th and 18th centuries. It's a fascinating time in
by nerdponx 3y ago
I've been looking for exactly this: first-hand accounts of technological progress and societal change in the 17th and 18th centuries. It's a fascinating time in history.
- throw0101a 3y agoYou may be interested in Liberty's dawn: a people's history of the Industrial Revolution > This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. * https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205251/libertys-dawn/ https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205251/libertys-dawn/