industrialization

Captioned illustrations highlight significant events in the industrial development of the United States.

Discusses the history of humankind from the time of the American Revolutionary War to the outbreak of World War I.

Readers will trace the process of change, learning why it happened and its wider effects.

Examines the development of the industrial United States during the presidencies of Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. Also covers their early careers as well as their legacies.

An examination of the political and economic movements of environmentalism within the context of broader cultural forces using primary source documents.

Traces the Chinese economic structure and corporate growth over the last several years and examines how and why it has become the center of global capitalism that has surpassed that of the United States and the impact on operations around the world.

Presents the stories of some of the industries that sparked the Industrial Revolution in America, including iron and steel, railroads, and steam shipping, and discusses how the emerging technologies affected U.S. society, and the country's standing in the global community.

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.