economic conditions

Examines the Great Depression, including the events leading up to it, what it was like during that time, and how the New Deal revived the economy.

Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his stories unfold before us in a dazzling array of art styles and forms, their development mirroring the evolution in the political and social landscape of his homeland and of the comic book medium itself.

Discusses the impact of the industrial revolution on English society.

Discusses how the inventions of the combustion engine and electric power fostered the birth of a second industrial revolution in the United States.

Discusses the history and the factors that fostered industrialization in European countries.

Discusses the impact of better transportation via the railroad, steamship, and canal travel which made the industrialization of America easier.

Discusses the factors that led the United States into becoming an industrialized nation.

Recounts the history of the industrial revolution in Great Britain, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacturing.