The Industrial Revolution transformed Britain and then the world from agrarian subsistence economies to industrial capitalist ones within a century. It mechanised textile production, powered transport via railways and steamships, created the modern urban working class, and generated wealth at a scale previously unimaginable. Its environmental consequences β the burning of fossil fuels β are still the dominant issue of the 21st century.

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