Industrial Revolution: Then . . .

Traces the history of coal, discussing how it has been used in different cultures, how it is mined, what negative effects it has had on people, economics, and the environment, and the role it has played in world history and development

Pen-and-ink drawings of nineteenth century New England mills demonstrate their changes in architecture, power production, and mechanization

Text and primary source documents, such as newspaper articles and personal accounts, provide an overview of the Industrial Revolution and explore the positive and negative changes it brought.

First-hand documents trace the history of the Industrial Revolution and highlight the economic, social, and personal changes that occurred throughout the period.

Discusses ways of researching and writing about the Industrial Revolution, including how to find sources, organize facts, and narrow a topic, and includes an overview of the subject.

Traces the history of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, and discusses the impact of the transformation from a primarily rural agricultural society to an industrialized nation.

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.

Chronicles the U.S.'s shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy, describing the changes wrought by the agricultural revolution, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution, and presents illustrations, charts, graphic organizers, and box features containing vocabulary words, discussion questions, and activities for the classroom and for research.

A detailed history of the Industrial Revolution and the men and machines that created it, discussing the steam engine, transportation by rail and by sea, and inventions that improved production in mills and factories.

Looks at coal and oil as sources of energy and discusses the technology needed to convert it to useful working energy, examining the history, chemistry, and geology of coal and oil, how it is accessed, consumption and demand, and the social and environmental costs.

The author presents a commentary on how electricity works and how it affects daily life and examines electricity's theoretical discoveries through the profiles of those such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Marconi.

Examines the life of Thomas A. Edison, and describes his childhood and education, his laboratories in New Jersey and New York City, his early inventions--which includes the phonograph and the light bulb--and other related topics.

A comprehensive biography of inventor Thomas Alva Edison that chronicles his childhood and achievements which included the phonograph and incandescent lightbulb.

A photographic history of inventor of the automobile, Henry Ford, providing quotations from his writings, speeches, and interviews to illustrate how he revolutionized American life.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford who, among other things, is credited with inventing the assembly line, which changed not only the automotive industry but all industries.

Historian Scott Nelson introduces children to the life of the real John Henry, drawing on songs, poems, and stories to describe the man behind the legendary African-American hero.

Describes automobiles built around the world between 1886 and 1930, looking at developments in the ways cars were made and used, and provides color photos of various models and detailed line drawings of their engines and other parts.

Describes the history and uses of steam locomotives, the different types, and some famous models.

Describes the difficult lives of Transcontinental Railroad laborers, discussing camp life on both the Union and Central Pacific, specialty crews and special dangers, line crews, and camp dissatisfaction and unrest.

Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.

Describes the founding and development of the Ford Motor Company, makers of the first affordable family cars.

Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.

Traces the history of the railroad, examining transportation before trains, introducing the inventors of the locomotive and railroad, discussing the railroad era, and including a look at railroads of the future.

Traces technological developments in the history of the steam engine at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and examines how it changed the way people worked and traveled and its influence on the landscape as new cities and towns were established.

Describes the invention of the steam engine and its impact upon the world including its use in riverboats and locomotives, and more.

Presents a concise history of the automobile and contains illustrated photographs and timeline detailing the creation and development of early machines by Henry Ford, Karl Benz, George Selden, and others.

A detailed history of the Industrial Revolution and the men and machines that created it, discussing the steam engine, transportation by rail and by sea, and inventions that improved production in mills and factories.