Industrial Revolution. Almanac

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Reader’s Guide......Page 8
Comments and suggestions......Page 9
Industrial Revolution Timeline......Page 10
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F......Page 15
M......Page 16
R......Page 17
T......Page 18
W......Page 19
Introduction......Page 20
Social changes......Page 22
Political changes......Page 25
Origins of the Industrial Revolution 1......Page 28
Setting the stage......Page 31
England in 1750......Page 41
New economic philosophy......Page 48
For More Information......Page 49
The Revolution Begins: Steam Engines, Railroads, 2 and Steamboats......Page 52
Coal mines and development of the steam engine in England......Page 60
Coal......Page 66
Steam locomotives......Page 69
Steamboats......Page 75
For More Information......Page 80
New Machines and the Factory System 3......Page 82
Textiles: The second “engine” of the Industrial Revolution......Page 84
New ways of working: The factory system......Page 95
Setting the stage for social change......Page 98
For More Information......Page 100
Social and Political Impact of the First Phase of the 4 Industrial Revolution......Page 102
The Reform Bill of 1832......Page 105
Worker challenges to the Industrial Revolution: The Luddites......Page 112
Socialism: Workers as a political force......Page 115
Trade unions......Page 121
For More Information......Page 123
The Second Phase of the Industrial Revolution: 5 1850–1940......Page 126
The United States: The stage is set for rapid growth......Page 127
British inventions leave home......Page 128
Striking oil! A new era begins......Page 130
The electric era......Page 135
Applied science changes the world......Page 146
The second agricultural revolution......Page 152
For More Information......Page 159
How Things Got Bigger: Economy of Scale 6......Page 162
The American system......Page 163
Networks......Page 173
The robber barons......Page 179
For More Information......Page 188
Social and Political Impact of the Second Phase of the 7 Industrial Revolution......Page 190
Society in the industrial era......Page 191
The workers respond......Page 194
American labor unions......Page 196
Approaches besides unions......Page 209
The impact of industrialization on government......Page 211
Government economic intervention......Page 215
For More Information......Page 224
The Economy Goes Global: What Next? 8......Page 228
The substitution of machines for animals and humans......Page 229
The shift from agricultural to urban society......Page 232
A changing worldview: The idea of progress......Page 234
The revolution marches on: Asia......Page 235
The Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America......Page 238
For More Information......Page 242