The industrial revolution
Brenda Stalcup, book editor.
- San Diego, Calif. Detroit Greenhaven Press Thomson/Gale c2002.
- 269 p. ill., map 23 cm.
- Turning points in world history .
- Turning points in world history (Greenhaven Press) .
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.