Provides information about the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. and introduces four men who contributed to or took advantage of the new technologies, including Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Henry Ford.
Contains photographs, drawings, and maps that depict the physical survivals of technologies of the American industrial revolution, most of which are displayed in the Smithsonian Institution; and includes text that explains the technology and related aspects of the era.
a primary source history of America's transformation into an industrial society
Brezina, Corona
2005
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.
Alma, born into luxury in 1800, becomes a gifted botanist like others in her family, but as she delves into the mysteries of evolution she falls in love with a man who pulls her in the opposite direction, into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical.
Examines how Europe flourished during the Industrial Revolution, from 1750 to 1914, discussing how European geography, politics, culture, arts, recreation, social class system, economy, and daily life changed during the era.
