A 5 page research paper which focuses on the work of historian E.J. Hobsbawm and his book Industry and Empire, in explaining the reasons why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Great Britain toward the end of the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 2 sources. The industrialization of Europe occurred long before that of North America. Bibliography lists 8 sources. Each of these questions are addressed in an 8 page research paper.
Bibliography lists six sources.
A thorough analysis in which the writer offers descriptions of how the advent of mechanization impacted the nature of the society and the detrimental effects it had on much of the population. Specifically, the effect of the power loom is discussed. No additional sources cited. The famine that gripped Ireland from 1845 to 1847 was known as the 'potato famine' due to the belief that its immediate cause was the almost complete failure of the potato crop. It is estimated that two hundred thousand people died as a direct result of the famine.