Houses That are Homes [antikvár]

HOUSES THAT ARE HOMESAt the beginning of the nineteenth century Britain was beginning to understand the meaning of the phrase "industrial revolution." There was evidence of it everywhere. It had scarred the face of some of the loveliest parts of the country beyond all restoration. The application of steam to locomotion and to factory machinery meant that the coal resources in Scotland, Wales and Tyneside were being exploited at-a hitherto unheard-of pace. Great railways were cut through gentle agricultural plains and driven through the hearts of mountains. Great factories grew up for the