The Industrial Revolution / Sean Connolly.
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TextSeries: Witness to history (Heinemann Library (Firm))Publication details: Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2003Description: 56 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 1403409749 (lib. bdg.); 140343638X (pbk.)Subject(s): Industrialization -- History -- Juvenile literature | Industrial revolution -- Juvenile literature | Industrial revolution -- SourcesDDC classification: 330.9/034 LOC classification: HD2329 | .C64 2003| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 330.9034/CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400104374 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index.
Introduction -- How do we know? -- Life before the Industrial Revolution -- The new iron age -- King Cotton -- Weaving the future -- Child labor -- Violent reaction -- Coal mining -- An age of invention -- Canal mania -- Full steam ahead --The dawn of the railroad age -- Capturing an image -- Messages in the wires -- "Workers of all lands, unite!" -- The arrival of oil -- The power of the voice -- Lighting the way -- The price of progress -- Transatlantic signals -- Into the air -- The assembly line -- What have we learned from the Industrial Revolution?
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