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The (Second) Industrial revolution (between 1840 and 1870) powered Britain to global pre-eminence and initiated social reform. Cotton was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/] Although the steam engine was first invented in 1769 by [[James Watt]], it was in the nineteenth century that the real impact of steam was fully felt. ''Steam changed everything.'' New mass communication via the telegraph, newspapers and - from 1876 - the telephone meant that the rate of change accelerated further. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml]

The (Second) Industrial revolution (between 1840 and 1870) powered Britain to global pre-eminence and initiated social reform. Cotton was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/] Although the steam engine was first invented in 1769 by [[James Watt]], it was in the nineteenth century that the real impact of steam was fully felt. ''Steam changed everything.'' New mass communication via the telegraph, newspapers and - from 1876 - the telephone meant that the rate of change accelerated further. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml]

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The nineteenth century was a world of free markets, free trade and laissez-faire government, with all moves towards [[paternalism]] - in areas such as public health and poor laws - fiercely resisted. It was every man for himself. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml]

The nineteenth century was a world of free markets, free trade and laissez-faire government, with all moves towards [[paternalism]] - in areas such as public health and poor laws - fiercely resisted. It was every man for himself. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml]

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