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Who among the following used the term Industrial Revolution for the first time in English to describe the changes that occun-ed in the British industrial development between 1760 and 1820 ?

A. Friedrich Engels

B. Eric Hobsbawm

C. Arnold Toynbee

D. Georges Michelet

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Correct option (c) Arnold Toynbee

Explanation:

Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain’ economic development from 1760 to 1840. Since Toynbee’ time the term has been more broadly applied.

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