I don’t know why I picked this book up. I’ve been interested in the evolution of the concept of work and I think that might’ve been it(?) Regardless, I think this was a good intro text to industrialization and, especially after reading the first but of the Marx-Engels Reader, I know it will help me understand the material context around a lot of Marx’s writings and stuff from around that time. I didn’t expect to find it as interesting as I did. I’d recommend it to anyone who thinks they’d be interested in it.