123. The Industrial Revolution Service sectors, Part 2, Finance and Medicine
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Finance and medicine may seem like a mismatched pair. They wrap up our coverage of the Service Sectors in the Industrial Revolution. We...
7 Sep 202346min
122. Industrial Revolution Service Sectors Part 1, Service Sectors, Transportation
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Service sectors were a key part of the British economy, even in the 18th century.. This shows that the Industrial Revolution was more th...
24 Aug 202351min
The Industrial Revolution; Agriculture
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We finish integrating the story of Britain's 3.5X rise in population from 1700-1850 by explaining how they all got fed. In complete cont...
10 Aug 202342min
120. Foreign Trade and the Industrial Revolution
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. To what extent does foreign trade contribute to the Industrial Revolution. There is certainly some entanglement and a weak case can be b...
27 Jul 202353min
119. Technological Advance and Social Dynamite
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Balloons and lighting rods. Platinum, not gold. Ceramics and Lighting. Chlorine bleach. We take a look at often neglected technologic...
13 Jul 202342min
118. Technological Change and Time Series
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. To what degree does technological change depend on science in the Industrial Revolution. We look at the paradigmatic cases of Steam Powe...
29 Jun 202344min
117. The Industrial Revolution: Skilled Workmen
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is one of the less intuitive ideas about the origins of the Industrial Revolution. An historically unique concentration of skilled ...
15 Jun 202325min
Industrial Revolution; From Ideas to Practical Reality
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We explore a couple 100 year cycles to move from Enlightenment ideas to practical products cheap and reliable enough for a large market t...
1 Jun 202331min
