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- A History of Cotton Mills and the Industrial Revolution
Extensive excerpt from a book on the development of the textile industry in the U.S., including New England and Mississippi. Author: Narvell Strickland.
- A Short History of Machine Tools
Suggests that Great Britain and America were chiefly responsible for the Industrial Revolution.
- Child Labour in the 19th Century
Features biographies and entries on reformers, supporters, laborers, working conditions, and other things related to child labor in Britain.
- Cotton Times
An overview of the industrial revolution in textiles, profiling workers and reformers of 18th century Britain, related events in labor history, and describing modes of transportation and living.
- Cotton Town
Tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand with the growth of the British textile industry.
- Eccles, Manchester, Canals and Revolution
The story of how the Duke of Bridgewater created the first true canal in the U.K from his coal mines to Manchester. Galleries of related photographs and engravings.
- Industrial Revolution
A history project done by a secondary student in Hong Kong.
- Industrial Revolution
A comprehensive entry on the Industrial Revolution frpom the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- Industrial Revolution
A slideshow presentation on the Industrial Revolution, including a look at inventions, labor laws, and socialism.
- Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England
The full text of these lectures by Arnold Toynbee in 1884.
- The Industrial Revolution
A brief history of what happened during this time period.
- The Industrial Revolution
Professor Gerhard Rempel, Department of History, Western New England College introduces the Industrial Revolution.
- The Industrial Revolution and the Railway System
Features a range of historical information and data including research papers, images, and extracts from the Illustrated London News.
- The Wilkinson Family - Ironmasters
A series of illustrated historical essays about the family who played a major role in the history and economy of eighteenth century Britain, France and America.
- What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us
BBC/Open University site to accompany the series 'What The Industrial Rveolution Did For Us', exploring the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today.
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