Cogs in the wheel
By: Ian Morrison
Series: Rigby infoquest; Rigby infoquest
Publisher: Brand: RIGBY; RIGBY
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780757879753
Subjects: Economic history; Technological innovations; Economic conditions; Juvenile literature; Industrial revolution; Economic aspects; History
Description: The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century changed the world forever.  Factories and railways brought affordable mass-produced goods to many people.  However, with them came city slums, child labor, and frightening diseases.