Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly urban ...

Deconstructing the British industrial revolution as a conjuncture and paradigm for global economic history / Patrick K. O'Brien -- The British product revolution of the eighteenth century / Maxine ...

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...

It’s Wednesday, November 18, and the U.K. has released its plan for a “green industrial revolution.” There’s been talk of a U.S. “Green New Deal” and a European “Green Deal,” and now the U.K. is ...

For the first time in 230 years, Britain has completed two months without burning coal to generate electricity. The last time coal was burned at any of Britain's four coal-fired power stations was ...

Entering Shadow Woods, a coppice just outside the town of Haven in West Sussex, England, is like stepping into a medieval fairy-tale. Before the Industrial Revolution, coppicing, a method of ...

The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges. By Somini Sengupta Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, ...