A new look at Britain's industrial revolution showing how communities of shared skill, knowledge and experience drove industrial innovation.

Introduction
1. What people knew
2. Innovations in iron
3. Enlightened engineering
4. Gentlemen and players
5. The reach of science
6. The shape of networking
7. Creating a scene
8. Perspectives
Appendix: Webs of connection
Glossary of terms related to iron-making
Bibliography

GILLIAN COOKSON is an industrial historian. She is the author of The Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850, published by The Boydell Press in 2018.