After you've read each chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Discuss eighteenth-century Europe's social, political, economic, and cultural preconditions for industrialization;
2. Identify the inventions most important in launching industrialization;
3. Account for Britain's lead in industrial development;
4. Compare and contrast the spread of industrialization in Europe;
5. Assess the impact of industrialization on the environment;
6. Describe the effects of industrialization and urbanization upon European society.