The Stalcup, Brenda text bibliography cau San Diego, Calif Detroit Greenhaven Press Thomson/Gale c2002 2002 monographic eng

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269 p. ill., map 23 cm. 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. Brenda Stalcup, book editor. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index. e------ e-uk--- Economic history 1750-1918 Technological innovations Europe History Working class Europe History Industrialists Europe History Inventors Europe History Industrial revolution Europe Economic conditions 1789-1900 HC52.5 .I53 2002 330.9034 I421 073770926X (pbk. : alk. paper) 0737709308 (hardback : alk. paper) 0737709278 (hardback : alk. paper) 2001008418 DLC 011219 20210622062840.0 261132