Industrial Revolution

Short History Of...

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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During the years 1760 to 1830, British industry exploded. Thanks to advances in machinery, and forward-thinking inventions, the country shifted from a predominantly agricultural nation, to a modern state. This movement has become known as the Industrial Revolution. But why did these changes take place in Britain and not somewhere else? What were its impacts at the time, and how has it come to shape the modern world? And, are we indeed still living through it? This is a Short History Of the Industrial Revolution. A Noiser production, Written by Dan Smith. With thanks to Joel Mokyr, Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, and the Sackler Professor at the University of Tel Aviv. Get every episode of Short History Of a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material, and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	It's Sunday the 10th of November 1811 in Bulwell, a small village near Nottingham in the English
0:38.5	Midlands. It's a cloudy chilly evening. John Westley crunches along the frosty road towards a crowd of men,
0:47.0	perhaps 20 of them.
0:48.0	He greets them with handshakes and whispered salutations,
0:52.0	careful not to attract undue attention.
0:54.0	Their faces blackened with soot to make them invisible in the darkness.
1:00.0	They stand outside the grand home of a man named Hollingsworth, a must, a weaver, who has set up a small cotton processing workshop on his property.
1:10.0	Through a window, Wesley spies one of Hollingsworth's hulking new mechanical frames that can spin yarn and produce fabrics.
1:19.0	Just the sight of these machines that have taken so many jobs like his own causes him to bristle.
1:26.6	In the cool night air, Wesley listens to the instructions from the group's leader and weighs
1:32.3	the hammer he has brought in his hands.
1:35.0	Others have brought their own heavy tools.
1:38.0	A few carry firearms.
1:40.0	When word is given, they march up the pathway like a military unit.
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