manufacturing industries

Explores the origins of the Industrial Revolution in central England and the positive and negative changes it brought to England and America between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.

Finding a career out of high school based on one's interests, especially something as general as liking to build things, isn't always easy. However, this title gives readers a variety of avenues to consider. With this title, young people just out of high school can take that ever important first step on their way to a career.

Examines the lives of female migrant factory workers in China, focusing on the experiences of two young women and including the author's story of her family's migration within China and to the West.

Discusses what it takes to achieve success in the fields of manufacturing and automotive care, and gives practical advice on how to use vocational school, training programs, and college to obtain such careers as auto mechanic, engineer, drafter or industrial illustrator, or skilled factory worker.

Discloses the reasons China is able to offer low prices around the world for its products and is able to compete for business by limiting its workers. Also investigates why consumers search for cheaper goods, why China's pollution worsens, and why their infrastructure is crashing.

Explains what factories are, looks at the various jobs that need to be done at a factory, and asks questions designed to help young readers decide whether they would like to work in a factory. Includes a glossary and resources for further research.

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.

Profiles hundreds of factory and visitor's center tours in the U.S., arranged by state, as well as four in the Caribbean, providing descriptions of what will be seen and information on cost, free samples, time required, days and hours, group requirements, gift shops, directions, and nearby attractions.

Profiles of factory workers, facts and statistics, and interviews provide an overview of poor working conditions and environmental damage created by China's determination to manufacture goods for the lowest price.