Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The physical environment -- Population -- Regional structure and change -- Agriculture -- Rural settlements -- Wages -- Wind and water power -- Coal and steam power -- Transport -- Sea trade -- Textiles -- Chemicals -- Brewing and distilling -- Leather footwear -- Iron and steel -- Shipbuilding -- Engineering -- Services -- Banking and finance -- Wealth and the wealthy -- Poor law and pauperism -- Urbanization -- Retail patterns -- Labour protest 1780 1850 -- Unionization -- Popular institutions -- Sport -- Languages and dialects -- Education -- Religion -- The electoral system -- Sources of maps -- Bibliography.