industrial revolution

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…Revolution could not have taken place. Building on technical breakthroughs, power-driven equipment, and large-scale enterprise, the Industrial Revolution in England greatly increased output in certain radically altered industries, stimulated the large handicraft and commercial sectors, and speeded up overall economic growth (McKay 749). Bibliography Ashton, T.S. The Industrial Revolution. London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Deane, Phyllis. The First Industrial Revolution. London: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Dietz, Frederick Charles. The Industrial Revolution. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927.