The Industrial Revolution
By: Sean Connolly.
Series: Witness to history; Witness to history (Heinemann Library (Firm))
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Industrialization -- History -- Juvenile literature; Industrial revolution -- Juvenile literature; Industrial revolution -- Sources
Genres: Juvenile literature; Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How do we know?; title: Life before the Industrial Revolution; title: The new iron age; title: King Cotton; title: Weaving the future; title: Child labor; title: Violent reaction; title: Coal mining; title: An age of invention; title: Canal mania; title: Full steam ahead; title: The dawn of the railroad age; title: Capturing an image; title: Messages in the wires; title: "Workers of all lands, unite!"; title: The arrival of oil; title: The power of the voice; title: Lighting the way; title: The price of progress; title: Transatlantic signals; title: Into the air; title: The assembly line; title: What have we learned from the Industrial Revolution?