However, it would be unfair to say that the two books cover two totally separate
aspects of the
revolution; they do share some
common
ground. Both books begin with a
fair [
delete - unnecessary] strong introduction on
the Revolution that helps to prepare the reader for the
contents about to be expressed [
theories/concepts - NOT contents].
A talk [i
n this context, Discussion would be a better word to use] about the
preconditions of the Revolution follows immediately with the main focus on the
role the British
played, although a few remarks
about Germany, Belgium and France are made here and there. The steam engine is
mentioned in both works as the key invention that started the revolution and
kept it going. Conditions of the lower classes during the revolution are
covered extremely well and there is a special
emphasize
[this is the verb - you need the noun] on
the new class conflict between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie (the “haves
" and the “have not
s”).
It would not be unreasonable to say that about half of the pages on the
Industrial Revolution in both books were devoted
to that
area ["area" is incorrect in this
context -theme/discussion/analysis] . The
shortcoming
of both works lies in the fact that neither
talked
[ wrong tense - you have been using the present] much
about the economic effects of the revolution. Most of the information regarding
economic effects is gathered from paragraphs devoted to other areas. Thus, the
key ideas are merely introduced rather than explored fully. Similarly, for
political effects, the books tend to go into the specifics and certain important
effects are often ignored (One
focus [this should be the verb {focuses}] on Marxism while
the other
concentrates on early Socialism). The
social aspects, even though
it is [this needs to agree with the plural “social aspects”] overemphasized,
is [this needs to agree
with the plural “social aspects”] only expressed in terms of the
“general worker”. Women are given absolutely no mention while only a few
sentences are devoted to children. Both books conclude
nicely [delete –
unnecessary] by making a
reference to the development of the modern society that follows (
the Congress of Vienna and Revolutions of 1848 to name
a few).
"Revolution" is too general a term - in this context you need to refer specifically to the Industrial Revolution.