Studijní obor:Anglický jazyk pro hospodářskou praxi
Abstrakt:
The Industrial Revolution has been one of the most important moments not only British but
also European history. This work concentrates on this period and everything related to it. It
deals in detail with the epoch immediately preceding the Revolution, the first half of the 18
th
century. If focuses on causes of economic boom and personalities of ruling and politic
representation in those days. It tries to look at the industrial growth, geographical changes,
social changes and the development of large-scale production to the prejudice of craftsmen
including the examples of significant inventors of new machines. The constituent part of the
work is devoted to work and life conditions of workers including small children. It seeks to
describe the circumstances preceding and following both the French Revolution and the
Parliamentary Revolution related to the rise of movement struggling for improvement of
social life of people being forgot in previous years. The conclusion of the work tries to
summarize the most significant consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
