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Critically examine: “The Industrial Revolution put mobility in the place of stability.”

  • UPSC 2018
  • Industrialization

The claim that the Industrial Revolution (c. 1740–1850 in Britain) "put mobility in the place of stability" captures a real structural shift but, examined critically, overstates the completeness of the break with the older order.

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  • The Case for Mobility: Geography, Class, and Capital
  • Thompson and the Mobility of Time and Discipline
  • Continuities That Qualify the Thesis
  • Assessing the Balance

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