The demand for coal kept on growing as the Industrial Revolution rolled on. Introduction The consequences of...
Industrial Revolution
Transportation was one area where a brand-new power source could really change how things were done. Introduction...
Urbanization did not mean there was no community spirit in towns and cities. Introduction The British Industrial...
Inventing a machine was one thing, but having it run at a low cost was often quite...
Coal-hungry inventions of the Industrial Revolution created a massive and sustained boom in coal mining. Introduction Coal...
The steam engine was perhaps the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution. Introduction The Rocket was a pioneering...
2019 was a record-setting year for Pennsylvania’s travel industry, with about 211.4 million travelers. Although the COVID-19...
As sending a child to school involved paying a fee, most parents did not bother. Introduction Children...
The principles of vacuums and atmospheric pressure were known in the 17th century. Introduction Steam power was...
Industrialization spurred the development of a powerful ideology in which private and public spheres were considered antithetical....
The high cost of labor drove inventors to create machines that would make farming cheaper and profits...
Anti-pollution activism spans hundreds of years, back to and before the Industrial Revolution. Some observers of polluted...
The late 19th-century United States is probably best known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant...
The Industrial Revolution, a time of extremely rapid technical growth, took place in the 18th and 19th...
Manufacture of chemical products from fossil fuels began at scale in the early 19th century. The Industrial...
Peculiarities were due to Italian reunification political issues as well as attitudes to science and technology combine...
The industrial boom of the late 19th century led Americans and immigrants to leave farming life and...
The term “robber baron” described powerful 19th-century industrialists who used questionable practices to amass their wealth. Introduction...
Industrialization led to a dramatic increase in child labor. Introduction This explores the dangerous, exhausting work undertaken...
The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Introduction The Industrial Revolution...
America and Europe introduced advanced manufacturing processes during the Industrial Revolution period. Most of the technological innovations...
The inventions themselves were not an immediately profitable investment throughout many parts of Europe during the 18th...
During the Industrial Revolution, living conditions for new industrial workers were much different than they had been...
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, gender was a major influence on worker salary. Experience of Women at the...
Working children were subject to very long work hours under harsh and dangerous conditions. Introduction The children...
The working environment was harsh and laborers had to work long hours for extremely low wages. Introduction...
The Industrial Revolution was a time of major change and adaptation. Introduction There are many aspects in...
Europeans faced issues such as pollution, health, disease, poverty, and crime. Introduction The Industrial Revolution started in...
Different classes of people, the occupations they held, and what nationality they were played a role in...
Nanjing Jinling Arsenal 1865, built by Li Hongzhang / Wikimedia Commons In the 19th century, after a long...