History

I’m looking for first-person accounts of life during the 1st Industrial Revolution in Europe and then the United States.

The ideal writer is capturing their experience close to real time, and is educated in business and economics.

Either unpolished manuscripts or edited books are fine.

Even better if not digitized.

Any recommendations?

Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England comes to mind

also Babbage's Machinery & Manufactures:

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Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England comes to mind

also Babbage's Machinery & Manufactures:

https://rybn.org/human_computers/articles/Babbage_Charles_On_the_Economy_of_Machinery_and_Manufactures.pdf

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Thanks, both look great.

RE: Marx (and Adam Smith), it’s a good reminder. I’m overdue to revisit the classics.

Ideally looking for less politicized / academic works. 

For example: a banker, trader, lawyer, etc writing about the times from their personal perspective.

Engels is the best first person account

It is depressing af though