industrial revolution

Profiles fifteeen men and women who were at the center of the Industrial Revolution.

Contains over two hundred alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about key individuals, technologies, inventions, court cases, companies, political institutions, economic events, and legislation during the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. from 1750 to 1920.

A reprint of a 1948 text in which the author provides an account of the Industrial Revolution in England in the mid-nineteenth century.

Examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the industrial revolution that transformed Great Britain between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth century.

Traces the history of the Industrial Revolution from the late eighteenth century to the twentieth century, describing its social and economical impact, and how advances in communication and transportation helped to shape the modern era.

The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalos most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery: evidence of a murder tied to the citys cathedral-like power plant at nearby Niagara Falls. This shocking crime--followed by another mysterious death--will ignite an explosive chain of events. For in this city of seething intrigue and dazzling progress, a battle rages among politicians, power brokers, and industrialists for control of Niagara. And one extraordinary woman in their midst must protect a dark secret that implicates them all...

Follows the development of the American Industrial Revolution from 1793 to 1850, including the major industrial inventions and advances of the time period.

A color-illustrated examination of the Industrial Revolution in eleven areas: agriculture, medicine, living conditions, working conditions, production, raw materials, transportation, communication, economics and politics, social movements, and attitudes and cultures.

Explores how the technological advances in Britain in the eighteenth-century created unprecedented social, political, and economic change in the United States and Europe as well as in Britain itself.