Industrial Revolution – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:30:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Industrial Revolution – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Industrial Revolution and Climate Change: How Fossil Fuels Rewired the Planet https://brewminate.com/the-industrial-revolution-and-climate-change-how-fossil-fuels-rewired-the-planet/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:31:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265438 The early Industrial Revolution inaugurated more than an age of machines; it redefined the relationship between humanity and

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Boom, Extraction, and Aftermath: Environmental Consequences of the Texas Oil Boom https://brewminate.com/boom-extraction-and-aftermath-environmental-consequences-of-the-texas-oil-boom/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:30:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265444 The environmental consequences of the Texas oil boom reveal how technological achievement and ecological degradation advanced side by

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Re-Fashioning the Industrial Revolution: Clothing and Technical Innovation from 1600 to 1780 https://brewminate.com/re-fashioning-the-industrial-revolution-clothing-and-technical-innovation-from-1600-to-1780/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:10:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=217600 The crucial importance of product innovation, demand and fashion for technical innovation in the British cotton industry. Introduction

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Immigration and the American Industrial Revolution from 1880 to 1920 https://brewminate.com/immigration-and-the-american-industrial-revolution-from-1880-to-1920/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:17:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=255288 Immigrants and their children comprised over half of manufacturing workers in 1920. By Dr. Charles HirschmanProfessor Emeritus of

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Smoke and Steam: The Industrial Revolution and Anthropogenic Climate Change https://brewminate.com/smoke-and-steam-the-industrial-revolution-and-anthropogenic-climate-change/ Thu, 29 May 2025 14:47:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254959 The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in Earth’s environmental history. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The

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Grinding Gears, Broken Lives: Labor Abuses in the American Industrial Age https://brewminate.com/grinding-gears-broken-lives-labor-abuses-in-the-american-industrial-age/ Wed, 28 May 2025 14:02:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254915 The Industrial Revolution gave rise to some of the most egregious labor abuses in the nation’s history. By

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Pins and Needles: The Textile Industry and the Industrial Revolution https://brewminate.com/pins-and-needles-the-textile-industry-and-the-industrial-revolution/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:24:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=203637 New inventions greatly sped up production and output. Introduction During the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840), textile production was transformed

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Past Iron: The Steel Industry in the British Industrial Revolution https://brewminate.com/past-iron-the-steel-industry-in-the-british-industrial-revolution/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:22:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=205680 Steel is far superior in strength and malleability compared to iron. Introduction The production of steel during the

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Bending Wills and Steel: The Invention of the Steam Hammer in 1839 https://brewminate.com/bending-wills-and-steel-the-invention-of-the-steam-hammer-in-1839/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:19:54 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=202168 It raised a large weight and then dropped it vertically on the metal to be bent, usually iron

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Pay for Progress: The Impact of the British Industrial Revolution https://brewminate.com/pay-for-progress-the-impact-of-the-british-industrial-revolution/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:12:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=209321 The demand for coal kept on growing as the Industrial Revolution rolled on. Introduction The consequences of the

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