Far from a product of the Industrial Revolution, child labor has existed since the beginning of time. |
Indeed, as I showed in Mokyr, there is no single cliometric explanation of the Industrial Revolution. |
Before the Industrial Revolution England's economy was based on its cottage industry. |
Though we know Shakespeare was a glover's son, we tend to think that England awaited the Industrial Revolution for the classes to begin to mix. |
Later, the business world turned to Manila hemp, accelerated by the Japanese Industrial Revolution. |
The Industrial Revolution saw the start of what were known as back-to-back terrace housing. |