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Industrial Revolution




Beginning towards the end of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution marked the transition from manpower to machine power. It also marked a turning point in world history as people began to flock to cities in search of jobs and prosperity. The follwing documents explore important developments and effects of the Industrial Revolution.
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 Chapter III. Steam in Captivity (Holland Thompson)

 Chapter V. The Agricultural Revolution (Holland Thompson)

 Completion of the Pacific Railroad (1869) (Henry Varnum Poor)

 Efficiency of Modem Industrial Methods (From C. A. Beard’s the Industrial Revolution)

 Extracts from a Parliamentary Report on Child Labor

 Free Trade (Richard Cobden)

 Invention of Machinery for Spinning and Weaving

 Patent for Cotton Gin (1794)

 The Industrial Revolution

 The Industrial Revolution in Russia

 The Way in Which Machinery Invades All Industries (Condensed) (Karl Marx)

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