Turning Points in World History - The Industrial Revolution
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: April 22, 2002
Place of publication: San Diego, California
Language: eng
Format: Board book
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780737709261
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; History of engineering & technology; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction; Inventors; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History - Modern; Humanities; History - United States/General; 1750-1918; Economic history; Europe; Industrial revolution
Notes: Turning Points in World History
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Table of contents: title: The causes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain / Eric Pawson -- The spread of the Industrial Revolution to Europe / W.O. Henderson -- Americans debate the merits of industrialization / George Soule -- The United States imports the Industrial Revolution / Carroll Pursell -- The birth of the factory / Gary Cross and Rick Szostak -- The rise of the company town / Daniel Nelson -- Eli Whitney and the cotton gin / Dennis Karwatka -- Robert Fulton and the steamboat / Franklin M. Reck -- Cyris McCormick and the mechanical reaper / H.W. Brands -- Samuel Morse and the telegraph / Brooke Hindle -- Thomas Edison and the electrical lighting system / Thomas Parke Hughes -- Henry Ford and the automobile / Thomas V. DiBacco -- The Industrial Revolution lowered laborers' standard of living / J.L. Hammond and Barbara Hammond -- The Industrial Revolution raised laborers' standard of living / Ludwig von Mises -- The rise of organized labor / Carl N. Degler -- An indictment of the robber barons / Howard Zinn -- A defense of the robber barons / Burton w. Folsom, Jr. -- An increase in black migration and foreign immigration to industrial centers / Harold U. Faulkner -- The relationship between industrialization and urban pollution / Martin V. Melosi -- The mechanization of farming / Carroll Pursell -- The effect of labor-saving devices on housework / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- The Industrial Revolution's effect on education / Edward C. Kirkland.