The Making of the Modern World The Industrial Revolution Global Capitalism Dr James Poskett

Global wealth inequality, 1700-2012 Source: Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Harvard, 2014)

Clark, Ten Views of the Island of Antigua (London, 1823)

Lecture Structure and Argument The Industrial Revolution relied on slavery in the Atlantic and colonialism in Asia. The Industrial Revolution explains why some nations are rich and others are poor.

Tareq Salahuddin, Textile Factory in Bangladesh, 2011

East India Company Ships at Deptford, c East India Company Ships at Deptford, c.1683, oil painting, National Maritime Museum

Chintz Textile, India, c.1680, Victoria and Albert Museum

Cotton Dress, Manufactured in Britain, c Cotton Dress, Manufactured in Britain, c.1860, Victoria and Albert Museum

Wucai plate for exportation, Kangxi period, circa 1680

Kutani Crane Plate by Josiah Wedgwood, c.1780s

Barfoot, ‘The Progress of Cotton’, lithography c.1840

World Economy c.1700

British Textile Production: From Domestic to Export Markets Inkori and Engerman (eds), The Atlantic Slave Trade (1992)

World Economy c.1800

James Watt and the Steam Engine (1855) by James Eckford Lauder

Barfoot, ‘The Progress of Cotton’, lithography c.1840

Broadberry, ‘China, Europe and the Great Divergence’, (2017)

‘Indian Weaver’ in D'Oyly, Antiquities of Dacca (1827)

Jumna Canal in Sita Ram, Views by Seeta Ram from Delhi to Tughlikabad (1815)

Tipu Sultan Canon, c.1790, Government Museum, Chennai

The Battle of Ferozeshah (1847) by Henry Martens

World Economy c.1800

Advertisement for the sale of slaves, Charlestown, 1769

Population Growth: Europe, Africa and Asia Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

‘Slave Traders and their Captives’, from Livingstone, Narrative (1865)

Clark, Ten Views of the Island of Antigua (London, 1823)

Source: Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Harvard, 2014) The Great Convergence? Source: Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Harvard, 2014)

Questions and Contact Dr James Poskett j.poskett@warwick.ac.uk If you have any questions about this topic, please either email me or your seminar tutor.