The industrial revolution Brenda Stalcup, book editor.
Series Turning points in world history (Greenhaven Press)Detalles de publicación: San Diego, Calif. Greenhaven Press Detroit Thomson/Gale c2002.Descripción: 269 p. ill., map 23 cmISBN:- 073770926X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0737709308 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0737709278 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 330.9034 I421 21
- HC52.5 .I53 2002
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The development of industrialization in the mid-1700s sparked a surge in technology that changed the world. Chapters in this anthology discuss the great inventions of the industrial revolution and their unprecedented effects -- both beneficial and harmful -- on society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
The start of the industrial revolution: Causes of the industrial revolution in Britain -- Spread of the industrial revolution to Europe -- Americans debate the merits of industrialization -- United States imports the industrial revolution -- Birth of the factory -- Rise of the company town -- The great innovators of the industrial revolution: Eli Whitney and the cotton gin -- Robert Fulton and the steamboat -- Cyrus McCormick and the mechanical reaper -- Samuel Morse and the telegraph -- Thomas Edison and the electrical lighting system -- Henry Ford and the automobile -- Laborers and robber barons: Industrial revolution lowered laborers' standard of living -- Industrial revolution raised laborers' standard of living -- Rise of organized labor -- Indictment of the robber barons -- Defense of the robber barons -- The impact of the industrial revolution: Increase in black migration and foreign immigration to industrial centers -- Relationship between industrialization and urban pollution -- Mechanization of farming -- Effect of labor-saving devices on housework -- Industrial revolution's effect on education.