false 6407529 3 <DIV>In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Gavin Weightman shows how, in less than one hundred and fifty years, an unlikely band of scientists, spies, entrepreneurs, and political refugees took a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water, and made it into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by steam and fossil fuels. Weightman weaves together the dramatic stories of giants such as Edison, Watt, Wedgwood, and Daimler, with lesser-known or entirely forgotten characters, including a group of Japanese samurai who risked their lives to learn the secrets of the West, and John “Iron Mad” Wilkinson, who didn’t let war between England and France stop him from plumbing Paris. Distilling complex technical achievements, outlandish figures, and daring adventures into an accessible narrative that spans the globe as industrialism spreads, <I>The Industrial Revolutionaries</I> is a remarkable work of original, engaging history.</DIV> 6596438 2007 Industrial Revolutionaries: The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914 total:6|5:0|4:3|3:1|2:0|1:2| 6 17 29 2 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 15:15:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 15:16:44 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:29:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 10:02:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 10:32:22 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 10:32:22 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Sep 23 22:02:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 22:02:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 16:42:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 16:42:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 09:24:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:24:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 09:16:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:17:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 16:38:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 16:38:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:33:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:33:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 15:40:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 07:02:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 20:27:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:27:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 12:58:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:58:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 17:00:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 17:00:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 10:45:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 10:45:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 14:29:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 14:29:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 11:18:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 11:18:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 17:46:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 17:46:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 14:27:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 14:27:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 11:30:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 11:30:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 15:51:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 15:51:08 -0700 2009