A rich picture of the complexities of early industrial development in the north-east of England.

This book explores the links between age relations and cultural change, using an innovative analytical framework to map the incremental and contingent process o

A regional study of landed society in the transition between the late medieval and early modern period.

This collection of essays is arranged around the central issue raised by a raft of new empirical research - the relationship between social identity, or the 'vi

Esteemed historian Jeremy Black examines the technological, social, political and economic reasons for the industrial revolution taking place in Britain.