Kyle Harrison
to-read
Industry and Empire
Industry and Empire: The Birth of the Industrial Revolution
- Author
- Eric Hobsbawm
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 336
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Hobsbawm on Britain from 1750 — how the first industrial economy was built, and how an empire both funded it and outlived its advantage.
Where I heard about it
- @BevansAdvocate — on a short list of economic-history reading on X, October 2025.
Connections
- Industrial Revolution — the subject.
- Economic History — the field.