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A comprehensive entry on the Industrial Revolution.
www.fordham.edu
Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England
The full text by Arnold Toynbee in 1884.
socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca
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.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
A slide show presentation on the Industrial Revolution, including a look at inventions, labor laws, and socialism.
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A brief history of what happened during this time period.
www.bergen.org
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.
www.cottontimes.co.uk
The Wilkinson Family, Ironmasters - The Beginning of an Industrial Empire
A series of illustrated historical essays about the family who played a major role in the history and economy of eighteenth century Britain, France and America.
www.iron.oakengates.com
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.
www.mtholyoke.edu
A history project done by a secondary student in Hong Kong.
www.geocities.com
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.
narvellstrickland1.tripod.com
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.
www.angelfire.com
What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us
Explores the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today.
www.open2.net
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.
www.cottontown.org
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.
www.wolverhampton-gunlocks.fslife.co.uk
A brief introduction to the revolution with information on the causes, inventions, and inventors.
www.geocities.com