Business and Industry
First Industrial Revolution
Early 1800s to ca 1850
The First Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 18th century, following in the wake of James Watt and his steam engine. (A Second Industrial Revolution would occur late in the 19th century and involve the development of the steel industry and giant corporations.) The initial focus of industrialization was on textiles; cloth was needed by almost everyone. Early textiles were produced by a “cottage industry” (or “putting-out”) system in which a central agent, the factor, would provide raw cotton and oversee the work of the various production units. Individual families, usually farm wives and daughters, would master one part of the process—spinning, dyeing, weaving and so forth. This decentralized means of production would become obsolete through the actions of such people as Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell.
Off-site search results for "First Industrial Revolution"... Industrial Revolution
... by Arnold Toynbee Immigrants and the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution: Growth of Cottage Industry & Production NM's Creative Impulse:Age of Industry Presentation on the Industrial Revolution ThinkQuest: The Industrial ...
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html
The Industrial Revolution Reference
This index focuses on the first Industrial Revolution. It contains information, resources and other material useful for research and further study. General Information Inventions and Innovations Inventors Mills and Ffirst Industrial Revolution. It contains information, resources and other material useful for research and further study. General Information Inventions and Innovations Inventors Mills and Factories Documents More ...
http://www.history1700s.com/page1594.shtml
The Second Industrial Revolution
This revolution is much more decisive in its impact than the first industrial revolution on both European and non-European lands. Much deeper, swifter, and all-pervasive is the impact of today's second industrial revolutfirst industrial revolution on both European and non-European lands. Much deeper, swifter, and all-pervasive is the impact of today's second industrial revolution. In this concluding ...
http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/indrev2.html
Sponsors of U-S-History.com:
Sponsor this site
| 
