This entry in the ABC-Clio World History Companions series covers the many facets of this revolution. While the prime focus appears to be Britain and the U.S., one finds also a great deal of information on the experience of other countries. For example, Entrepreneurs, Origins of mentions Russia, Japan, South Korea, and France and also Protestantism and Catholicism. These entries provide thumbnail sketches of the development of industry and unions, the help or hindrance of government, etc. These range from Bureaucracy to Child Labor , Exploitation , Maquiladoras , Middle Class , and Work Ethic .
All entries are brief, with the longest at about two pages.
Most entries provide see also references to other relevant entries and one or two books for further reading. All of these titles appear in a bibliography arranged by author at the end of the volume. Stearns, Heinz Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University and editor of the Journal of Social History and the Encyclopedia of Social History , and his coauthor John Hinshaw, also from Carnegie Mellon, know their subject and provide a good glimpse of the ramifications of this revolution in the world today.