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, The
Industrial Revolutionaries is a remarkable work of original,
engaging history.
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