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Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920 [Two Volumes]
Christine Rider

0-313-33501-X/978-0-313-33501-3

Description
The discoveries and developments underlaying much current technology are described in this encyclopedia covering the major people, events, and inventions of the eighteenth-century Industrial Revolution.

Reviews:
-"[A] mother lode of information that any student could use to prepare a research paper on the impact of this Revolution on their lives now and what actions they might suggest to help another less fortunate nation move into a more modern society. Making some assumptions of the changes to be accepted in the future and how to manage this also would be a good critical- thinking activity. Because these volumes cover people, events, industry, religions, political events and laws, among other topics, placing them in their critical time period makes them especially helpful in understanding this age." —GALE Reference for Students
-"[A] mother load of information that any student could use to prepare a research paper on the impact of this Revolution on their lives now and what actions they might suggest to help another less fortunate nation move into a more modern society....Because these volumes cover people, events, industry, religions, political events and laws, among other topics, placing them in their critical time period makes them especially helpful in understanding this age." —Lawrence Looks at Books
-"Recommended for large metropolitan libraries and undergraduate collections." —Library Journal
-"The Industrial Revolution had it all, both good and bad, and changed Western society from rural to largely urban in only a few generations. This collection of hundreds of entries gives general readers and high school through early undergraduate students a solid first reference to the people, trends, places, events and ramifications of the fastest and most complete changes in a society seen until the dawn of the information age. Contributors are leading experts in their fields, and they cover topics from the development of the labor movement to the creation of entirely new technologies and industries, child labor, women's employment rights, the workings of the robber barons, and the early global economy." —Reference & Research Book News
About the Author
Christine Rider is Professor Emerita at St. John's University in New York. She is the author of An Introduction to Economic History (1995) and co-editor of Socialist Economies in Transition: Appraislas of the Market Mechanism (1992) and of The Industrial Revolution in Comparative Perspective (1997). Her research interests include various aspects of international economic development and social economies, and she has published in these areas. She was President of the Association for Social Economics in 1998-99.
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