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The encyclopedia of the industrial revolution in world history / Kenneth E. Hendrickson III [and three others], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial revolution--Encyclopedias.
- Industrial revolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1145 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The industrial revolution, first phase, consisted of iron, steel, textile and railway development, all powered by steam; it was complete by the mid-nineteenth century. The second phase comprising electricity, automotive and chemical advances, plastics and processed food occupied the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History is a three-volume work of over 1,000 entries on the rise and spread of the Industrial Revolution across the world. Entries comprise accessible but scholarly explorations of topics from the "aerospace industry" to "zaibatsu." Contributor articles not only address topics of technology and technical innovation but emphasize the individual human and social experience of industrialization. Entries include generous selections of biographical figures and human communities, with articles on entrepreneurs, working men and women, families, and organizations. They also cover legal developments, disasters, and the environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution. Each entry also includes cross-references and a brief list of suggested readings to alert readers to more detailed information.The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History includes over 300 illustrations, as well as artfully selected, extended quotations from key primary sources, from Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principal of Population” to Arthur Young’s look at Birmingham, England in 1791.
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 57; Pages:58 to 114; Pages:115 to 171; Pages:172 to 228; Pages:229 to 285; Pages:286 to 342; Pages:343 to 399; Pages:400 to 456; Pages:457 to 513; Pages:514 to 570; Pages:571 to 627; Pages:628 to 684; Pages:685 to 741; Pages:742 to 798; Pages:799 to 855; Pages:856 to 912; Pages:913 to 969; Pages:970 to 1026; Pages:1027 to 1083; Pages:1084 to 1140; Pages:1141 to 1145
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8108-8888-2
- OCLC:
- 914434561
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