The Harnessing of Power is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Maxwell Gordon Lay in 2018-07-27, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the History genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging History book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, The Harnessing of Power can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
The Harnessing of Power Book PDF Summary
This book examines how the 19th century’s transport legacy of bicycles, trains, ocean-going steamers, trucks, trams, buses and cars arose, creating numerous new technologies and markets. Nothing like this range of transport changes had occurred before, and the 20th century changes were incremental compared with those of the 19th century. The book explores where the key transport features came from, and why there were so many inventions, innovations, and inconsistencies. The Industrial Revolution was a key part of the process as it had strong links with transport developments. This text adopts a broad, global perspective, but has a strong British orientation, as the Industrial Revolution was a process predominantly initiated and implemented in Britain. Nevertheless, when the Revolution lost momentum, Britain began to lose its leadership. By century’s end, France and south-western Germany were dominant change-makers and the USA was appearing on the horizon. The book also highlights the many individual inventors and entrepreneurs who caused the dramatic transport changes, and notes that they did this predominantly through individual initiatives to satisfy personal, rather than corporate or national, goals and that they were often hindered, rather than aided, by officialdom.
Detail Book of The Harnessing of Power PDF
- Author : Maxwell Gordon Lay
- Release : 27 July 2018
- Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- ISBN : 9781527515499
- Genre : History
- Total Page : 374 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 12,5 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book The Harnessing of Power by Maxwell Gordon Lay, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.