History & The Arts
The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
...perceptions come to be marginalised? [Thomas Percival] Thomas Percival First sightings The first intimations of a new account of industrial history can be found in public discussions during the 1780s. There was a fascination with the recent take-off of the cotton mills, which tended to be discerned in two ways: the steep rise in exports of cotton goods and imports of raw...