The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
"The industrialization achieved around 1900 around the world was due to an innovation boost in England after 1760. But "industrialization was, at least in its beginnings, never a national but always a regional phenomenon ". (p.910)" Industrial revolution was  "the common historical term for the period after 1760, but the "industry has never been more revolutionary than today" (p.916) At that time there were growth figures of 2%. (8% like in China around 2000 were unthinkable at the time.) "This Growth took place on the basis of a new energy regime, which opens up fossil energy sources for material production "