In Our Time: The Industrial Revolution, by Melvyn Bragg, Jeremy Black, Pat Hudson, William Ashworth, 2010

This BBC podcast examines the history, causes, and social, political, and economic implications of the Industrial Revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries.  This background is important to understand the situation in terms of population, poverty, and urbanization that contributed to Burke’s fears of a revolution taking place in Britain, following the example of France.