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160 pp.
| Oxford
| June, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-19-512817-6$36.95
(3)
YA
Pages from History series.
This in-depth discussion is organized around primary source materials (e.g., diary entries of an eighteenth-century midwife; a pictorial essay on child labor), which make up the main body of the text. Written by an academic historian, this book nevertheless provides an accessible and convenient way for students to understand the worldwide effects of the Industrial Revolution. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.