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

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

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

4. 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.

5. Tareq Salahuddin, Textile Factory in Bangladesh, 2011

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

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

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

9. Wucai plate for exportation, Kangxi period, circa 1680

10. Kutani Crane Plate by Josiah Wedgwood, c.1780s

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

12. World Economy c.1700

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

14. World Economy c.1800

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. The Battle of Ferozeshah (1847) by Henry Martens

22. World Economy c.1800

23. Advertisement for the sale of slaves, Charlestown, 1769

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

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

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

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

28. Questions and Contact
Dr James Poskett
If you have any questions about this topic, please either me or your seminar tutor.