John Langton St John’s College and School of Geography, University of Oxford, R.J. Morris Department of Economic and Social History, University of Edinburgh

`Superb value...topics that one might have thought would have defied summary are covered with both skilful selectivity and surprising depth ... perceptive and sensitive.' - Geographical Journal`The Atlas of industrializing Britain is an indispensable reference book'. - E J Hobsbawm, Progress in Human Geography

• Introduction 1 The physical environment 2 Population 3 Regional structure and change 4 Agriculture 5 Rural settlements 6 Wages 7 Wind and water power 8 Coal and steam power 9 Transport 10 Sea trade 11 Textiles 12 Chemicals 13 Brewing and distilling 14 Leather footwear 15 Iron and steel 16 Shipbuilding 17 Engineering 18 Services 19 Banking and finance 20 Wealth and the wealthy 21 Poor law and pauperism 22 Urbanization 23 Retail patterns 24 Labour protest 1780–1850 25 Unionization 26 Popular institutions 27 Sport 28 Languages and dialects 29 Education 30 Religion 31 The electoral system