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Liberty's Dawn

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Liberty's Dawn

By Emma Griffin

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About the book

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. This rich personal account...Show more

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9780300205251

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2014

Language

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1

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Liberty's Dawn

Format

Paperback

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