The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Robert C. Allen
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eigh…
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"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
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21. The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Robert C. Allen
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eigh… read more
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