Chapter 22: Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent

First came the French, led by Napoleon, ending feudal economic traditions across Europe. Then came the British, bringing their knowledge of new, industrial production methods and business practices. And as a result, the first Industrial Revolution spread to pockets of France, the Low Countries, Germany, and Eastern Europe.Characters in this episode include:John Holker, a former Jacobite who spied on the British for French industryJacques-Constantin and Auguste Charles Perier, who built steam engines and water pumpsClaude Perier, who built a textile-printing empire and became an investment bankerAdolphe and Eugene Schneider, who built a metallurgical empire in Le CreusotLouis Motte-Bossut, who built massive textile factories but couldn’t get his parents’ approvalLieven Bauwens, who built Belgium’s first mechanized spinning millWilliam and John Cockerill, Anglo-Belgians who made industrialization happen across EuropeAlfred Krupp, who created a steel empire in Germany and provided generous benefits for his workersErnest Knoop, who spread industrialization to RussiaThe Silesian weavers, who rose up against the local capitalists and the Prussian authorities