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

Subjects:

• History » European History (General)
• History » American History -- Nineteenth Century
• Economics » Economic History
• Business » Business History

Reviews:

• Recommended for large metropolitan libraries and undergraduate collections.
  —Library Journal November 1, 2007
• This encyclopedia is a broad "introduction to the Industrial Revolution describing the main events, people, developments, and places," and a solid, readable undergraduate reference on the revolution's concepts, events, and social influences.... Recommended. Lower-/upper-level undergraduates and general readers.
  —Choice February 2008
• This encyclopedia has more than 150 lengthy entries not only for industrial-age innovations (such as Flour milling and Railroads) and inventors (such as Thomas Edison) but also for social, political, and economic aspects (such as Child labor). Geographic coverage extends across Europe, the U.S., and Asia....One strong feature of the encyclopedia is the inclusion of 28 primary documents....This text is suggested for libraries that want a global perspective on the Industrial Revolution....recommended for academic and large public libraries.
  —Booklist January 2008
• This two-volume set includes 150 entries that provide comprehenisve information on a variety of topics related to the Industrial Revolution. The articles are well written and longer entries include subtitles. Other entry subjects within an article are in for for easy cross-referencing. Each entry includes the author as well as a list for further reading....The encyclopedia also includes a preface and introduction, list of entries, 24 primary documents, a guide to related topics, an extensive chronology, an annotated bibliography, and a detailed subject index. Recommended.
  —Library Media Connection January 2008
• The 150 signed essays in this set cover people, events, and inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and discuss how the movement affected not only business and trade, but also society, politics, and even ecology in many countries. The entries provide important facts, yet are often thoughtful and philosophical....Many other volumes expound on inventions and inventors, but this one stands out for its treatment of Japan, Russia, and other countries, as well as its coverage of the sociological, ecological, and aesthetic implications of this period.
  —School Library Journal December 2007
• 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 November 2007
• [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 September 2007
• [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 September 2007

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• List of Entries
• List of Primary Documents
• Guide to Related Topics
• Chronology for the Industrial Revolution
• The Encyclopedia
• Primary Documents
• Annotated Bibliography
• Index
• About the Editor and Contributors
• Entry Listing
• American Federation of Labor (AF of L)
• Antitrust Policy in the United States
• Architecture
• Art
• Asia, Industrial Revolution in
• Austria-Hungary (c. 1800-1914), Industrial Revolution in
• Automobiles
• Aviation
• Bakewell, Robert (1725-1795)
• Banking
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
• Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898)
• Bessemer Process
• Bimetallism
• Boulton, Matthew (1728-1809)
• Bourgeoisie
• Britain, Industrial Revolution in
• British Labour Party
• Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859)
• Canada, Industrial Revolution in
• Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)
• Carnegie Steel Corporation (1892-1901)
• Central and Eastern Europe, Industrial Revolution in
• Chartism
• Child Labor and Child Labor Laws
• Cigar Makers International Union of America (CMIU)
• Civil War (United States), 1861-1865
• Coal Mining
• Cobden-Chevalier Treaty (1860)
• Combination Acts (1799, 1800)
• Communes
• Communism
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
• Continental System (1806-1813)
• Corn Laws
• Cotton
• Credit
• Crystal Palace
• Darby, Abraham (1678-1717)
• Democracy
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
• Ecological Impact of the Industrial Revolution
• Economies of Scale
• Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)
• Electrical Industry
• Electric Dynamo
• Erie Canal
• Fabian Society
• Factory Acts
• Faraday, Michael (1791-1867)
• Flour Milling
• Food
• Ford, Henry (1863-1947)
• Fourier, Charles (1772-1837)
• France, Industrial Revolution in
• Friendly Societies
• Feudalism, Crisis of
• George, Henry (1839-1897)
• Germany, Industrial Revolution in
• Gilbreth, Frank (1868-1924)
• Gin Palaces
• Gold Standard
• Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)
• Grand National Consolidated Trade Unions (GNCTU)
• The Great Depression (1929-1939)
• Great Railroad Strike (1877)
• Guilds, Decline of
• Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf (1847-1894)
• Homestead Strike (1892)
• Immigration and Emigration Patterns During the Industrial Revolution
• Industrial Revolution, Timing of
• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
• International Trade
• Invention
• Iron Industry
• Iron Production in Merthyr Tydfil (Wales)
• Japan, Industrial Revolution in
• Japan, Industrial Revolution in: The Political Aspect
• Krupp Iron Works
• Labor and the Industrial Revolution
• Landed Gentry
• List, Friedrich (1789-1846)
• London Working Mens Association (LWMA)
• Luddites
• Lunar Society
• Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766-1834)
• Marx, Karl (Heinrich) (1818-1883)
• Meiji Restoration (1867)
• Mercantilism
• Methodism
• Morgan, John Pierpont (J.P.) (1837-1913)
• Muckraking Journalism
• Mullaney, Kate (1845-1906)
• Music
• New Model Unions
• Newspapers
• Ocean Transportation
• Owen, Robert (1771-1858)
• Paris Commune (1871)
• Pauper Children
• Peel, Robert (1788-1850)
• Penny Dreadfuls
• Petroleum Industry
• Polish Lands, Industrial Revolution in
• Port of New York
• Progressive Era
• Protestant Ethic and the Industrial Revolution
• Psychiatry
• Public Health
• Radio
• Railroads
• Repeating Rifles
• Revolution of 1848
• Ricardo, David (1772-1823)
• Rochdale Pioneers
• Rockefeller, John D. (18391937)
• Russia, Industrial Revolution in
• Seaports
• Sewing Machine
• Shipbuilding
• Siemens, Ernst Werner von (1816-1892)
• Skyscrapers
• Slavery
• Smith, Adam (1723-1790)
• Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930)
• Socialism
• Spain, Industrial Revolution in
• Standard of Living and the Industrial Revolution
• Steam Engine
• Steamship
• Steam Turbine
• Stephenson, George (1781-1848)
• Submarines
• Sweated Labor and Sweatshops
• Syndicalism
• Tariff Policy
• Taylor, Frederick (1856-1915)
• Technical Advances
• Telecommunications
• Telegraphy
• Temperance Movement
• Terminology and Language
• Terms of Trade
• Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)
• Tristan, Flora (1803-1844)
• Trust Busting
• Tull, Jethro (1674-1741)
• Typewriters
• United States, Industrial Revolution in
• Urbanization
• Urban Transportation
• Waltham-Lowell System
• Watt, James (1736-1819)
• Wealth and Poverty in the Industrial Revolution
• Wedgwood, Josiah (1730-1795)
• Working Class Protest Movements
• World War I (1914-1918)
• Zaibatsu

PDF Catalogs:
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