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Society, History, By Time Period, Eighteenth Century, Industrial Revolution

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1695potato.html

» Accounts of the Potato Revolution - Writings of various authors.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm

» Child Labour - Offers detailed descriptions on what it was like to work in a factory as a child. Includes biographies of factory reformers, accounts from the workers themselves, legislation passed and statistics.

» Cotton Times - Understanding the Industrial Revolution - An overview of the revolution in textiles, profiling workers and reformers of 18th century Britain, related events in labor history, and describing modes of transportation and living.

http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257

» Cotton Town - Tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand with the growth of the British textile industry.

» Eccles, Manchester, Canals and Revolution - The story of how the Duke of Bridgewater created the first true canal in the United Kingdom from his coal mines to Manchester with galleries of related photographs and engravings.

» Factory Workers in the British Industrial Revolution - Papers on children, men, and women as factory workers as complete texts and abstracts by Douglas Galbi.

http://narvellstrickland1.tripod.com/cottonmillhistory2/index1.html

» A History of Cotton Mills and the Industrial Revolution - Extensive excerpt from a book on the development of the textile industry in the United States, including New England and Mississippi.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

» Industrial Revolution - A comprehensive entry on the Industrial Revolution.

http://members.tripod.com/xu_chen/indusrevolt/

» Industrial Revolution - A slide show presentation on the Industrial Revolution, including a look at inventions, labor laws, and socialism.

» Industrial Revolution - A history project done by a secondary student in Hong Kong.

http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/industrialrev.html

» The Industrial Revolution - Professor Gerhard Rempel's introduction to the Industrial Revolution.

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/

» The Industrial Revolution and the Railway System - Features a range of historical information and data including research papers, images, and extracts from the Illustrated London News.

http://www.drizzle.com/~jcouture/1_world/industrial_rev/Vocab%20Industrial%20Revolution%200203.htm

» Industrial Revolution Vocabulary - Related terms with definitions.

» Industry Revolution - A brief introduction to the revolution with information on the causes, inventions, and inventors.

http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/toynbee/indrev

» Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England - The full text by Arnold Toynbee in 1884.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html

» Leeds Woollen Workers Petition - A petition by workers complaining about the effects of machines on the previously well-paid skilled workers.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791machines.html

» Letter of Leeds Cloth Merchants - Defense on the use of machines.

» Steam Engine Library - A collection of historical documents.

http://www.open2.net/industrialrevolution/

» What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us - Explores the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today.

http://www.wolverhampton-gunlocks.fslife.co.uk/

» The Wolverhampton Gunlock Makers - A sketch history of the family businesses who produced gunlocks (firing mechanisms for guns) from the 18th century to present day.

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