Subject Headings Call Numbers
Industrial revolution
330.9
Industrialization 909.81
Technology and civilization
303.4
Technology
600
Contents
History
Textile Industry
( in chronological order)
Agriculture
- Agriculture
and the Industrial Revolution - very nice overview and series of links by an AP European
History class.
- Luther
Burbank - from National Inventors Hall of Fame, a very nice page dealing with the improved
varieties of plants provided by Mr. Burbank
- George
Washington Carver - so much more than just a peanut, from National Inventors Hall of Fame,
read about the contributions of this man to agriculture.
- Corn Laws
- short paragraph about the effects of government subsidies on the economy from the Victorian
Web
- John Deere
- nice bio, picture and information on his steel cast plow from National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- Industrial
Revolution & the Rise of Science - very nice overview of the impact on agriculture from
Chronology of Horticulture at Ohio State
- Cyrus
McCormick - back to National Inventors Hall of Fame, a short bio of the inventor of the
reaper.
- McCormick
Farm - one page and a picture of the home of Cyrus McCormick, a little about his reaper and
the importance of this farm to experimental farming.
- Ploughing
at Montecello - read about the philosophy of farming and his improvements to agricultural
technology. Jefferson's
Moldboard - the addition of an iron piece to make the plow more efficient was one of
Jefferson's most important contributions to agriculture
- Revolutionary
Changes in Agriculture - excellent one page overview of the changes brought about by the
Industrial Revolution .
- Jethro
Tull - one page from the Encyclopedia Britannica about the English agronomist,
agriculturist, writer, and inventor whose ideas helped form the basis of modern British
agriculture
Transportation
- this is semi
chronological instead of alphabetical
- John McAdam
- Roads - read about
macadam surfaces and why they were important.
- Watt's Steam Revolution
-
one very short page on how a repair job revolutionized the world. Read to see how.
- History
of the Steam Engine - it's all here...from the humble beginning to the present day
- Steam: Boats,
Trains and Automobiles
- from Purdue University - one page and a picture that deals with the
improvements to Watt's steam engine and the adaptations to industries in Britain and the United
States.
- George Stephenson - Trains -
one short paragraph from The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
about George and his Rocket.
- Robert Fulton - Boats - short
paragraph that mentions his interests and the steamboat.....complete bio on line Robert Fulton by H. W.
Dickinson
- Gottlieb Daimler
-Autos - one
short page about his internal combustion engine. Another source with a Quicktime
movie
- Rudolph Diesel - the invention of the
Internal-Combustion Engine from National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Life
of Henry Ford
- very nice site covering his early life, education, venture into the auto
industry (Model T) as well as a chronology of his life and events.
- Charles Goodyear - what's a car without
the tires...thanks to Mr. Goodyear's vulcanization process we don't leave home without them - from
National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- Steam Carriages
for Common Roads
- an article from 19th Century Scientific American about the application of
steam power to automobiles. Very interesting read.
- Timeline
of Automotive History
- here you can look year by year at automotive history and the
development of vehicles....by MotorCraft
- Transportation
Technology Timeline
- one page list of all the major advances in transportation tech from
3500 BC to AD 1980
- World
Transportation Commission Photographs 1894 - 1896**** -
Around the world in the 1890's via everything from camel to sled, from
elephant to rickshaw. Photographer William Henry Jackson's collection contains
over 900 images from all over the globe. You can search by key word, browse by
subject or select a location. You will be amazed at some of the subjects you
will find if you select browse....
Communication
- Alexander G.
Bell - one nice paragraph from National Inventors Hall of Fame about his life and the
invention of the telephone.
- Bell's Path to the Telephone
- this is a very detailed multi-paged site that traces the evolution of the telephone. There are
many drawings and a great deal of technical info provided by Michael Gorman and a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
- Communication
Technology Timeline - from 3500 BC and the Sumerian Writing system to 1991 and Anders
Olsson's transmission of waves through optical fiber at 32 billion bits per second - a simple
chronology.
- Marconi
- simple one paragraph bio from National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- Media
History Project - this is a great site. It traces man's efforts at communication (verbal,
written and pictorial) through 9 different periods. Just click on any of the time periods to see
what happened. There's also a nice chronology with pictures of interesting events.
- Samuel Morse
- one paragraph from National Inventors Hall of Fame
General Technology References
- 19th
Century Scientific American Page**** - Read
articles from two different Volumes dealing with science and discovery hot off the presses in
the 1800s. Very educational, informational and entertaining.
- Henry
Bessemer - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY with a concluding chapter-This HTML version produced by Eric
Hutton copyright 1996 ..entire book on line
- British
History 1700-1950: Child Labor - - conditions, abuses, factory conditions, reformers and
much, much more
- The
Industrial Revolution - Overview of the Industrial Revolution in England, focusing on some
key events in the coal and iron/steel smelting process.
- Henry
Cort - a nice bio on several pages
- Child
Labor** - unbelievable read about the conditions and the pay scale of teens and pre-teens in
the 1800s - from the Victorian Web
- Abraham
Darby - read the contributions to the smelting process
- Early
steam engines - 1690 - 1840 - with animations, diagrams & pictures - very nice site with
the history of the steam engine.
- Thomas
Edison - very nice multi-page site dealing with his early life, experiments at Menlo Park, a
chronology, a few pictures and recommendations for related books etc.
- General
Technology Timeline - from Pottery in 7000 BC to the first laser in 1960 - a simple
timeline.
- The
Industrial Revolution - excellent one page read about
agriculture, technology, the steam engine, transportation, electric power, railroads, steam
ships, communication and changing social patterns. In other words a pretty complete coverage of
the topic by Prof. Gerhard Rempel at Western New England College.
- Industrial
Revolution - from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- The Industrial
Revolution - Joseph A. Montagna - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - very nice overview of
all facets ...plus activities
- Industrial Revolution
- (US) - from Kids Info - a wonderful page of links to all facets of Ind. Rev. in the US
plus links to Immigration sources and more
- Industrial
Revolution - site that deals with the Industrial Revolution as a whole, but provides an
interesting explanation of the Agricultural Revolution and its wider impact
- Industrial
Revolution - Support Area Index - very nice site dealing with the production with iron and
steel. The important people and processes are covered and there are a few nice pictures.
- The Industrial
Revolution Through The Unification of Italy and Germany - deals with European History from
the middle of the 18th century through the end of the 19th century... traces events from the
Industrial Revolution through
the Unification of Italy and German.- by Bruce M. Johnson.
- The
Invention Dimension - great site from MIT --warning the second page takes forever to load as
they have about 70 images of American inventors with links to bios. (they're working on the
problem --I just let it load for a while then hit stop and I get a text version that is fully
functional)
- Inventors
and Inventions Resources - nice list of links to follow
- Motor and
Engine Technology - six entries on a timeline of the important advances in engine
technology.
- National Inventors
Hall of Fame - great spot to spend some time exploring. Select to look by alphabetical
inventor, date of induction or by index of invention. Very informational.
- Thomas
Newcomen - bio and image with a musical background see also Thomas Newcomen
- Thomas and his piston engine from BBC on line
- Elisha
Graves Otis - he didn't invent the elevator but something more important - read to find out
what from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- The
Philosophy of Manufacturers**** - this is a great site written by Andrew Ure in 1835.
Read the one page text only report of the
conditions under which many worked, justification of many of the conditions and the health
report of children workers.
- The
Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales - from Women
In World History Curriculum - testimonies from England and Wales collected by Parliamentary
commissions who began to investigate the industrial employment of women and children in the
early 1840s - nice site complete with images.
- Results
of the European Industrial Revolution - one page text only term paper
- Revolutionary
Changes in Industry - nice overview of the Industrial Revolution ....changes in energy
sources, transportation, etc.
- Rotary
Steam Engine - read about and see the revolutionary machine....intext links to related
subjects
- Thomas Savery - one short
page plus picture of engine
- Science 1820 - 1900
- from Malaspina Great Books, 13 individuals with links to their bios and their works includes,
Faraday, Lyell, Darwin and others.
- Science and
the Industrial Revolution - from Horus: A Beginner's Guide to Research in the History of
Science - a few paragraphs introduction and an extensive bibliography to aid in researching the
importance of science during the Industrial Revolution.
- Science and
the Second Industrial Revolution - from Horus: A Beginner's Guide to Research in the History
of Science - Overview presents a case for a second revolution occurring late in the 1800s,
extensive bibliography included.
- Samuel Slater - Factory
System - short explanation of Slater's contributions to the American Industrial Revolution
...another ....Samuel Slater -
Read the story of Samuel Slater - Learn about Rhode Island's early mill villages -
Learn about child labor in Rhode Island's mills - Tour the Slater Mill Historic Site
- Visit the Slatersville Mill Village
- Nikola Tesla Man
Out of Time - highlights some of Tesla's major inventions....
- James
Watt - The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia - paragraph about the man who coined the
term "horse power".
- Capitalism
- from the Victorian Web - several definitions of capitalism and a commentary on Robinson Crusoe
as a proto-capitalist.
- Charles
Darwin - very interesting introduction by Paul Brians of Washington State University
followed by Darwin's rationale on "Nature's Oddities". Worth a visit here.
- Daguerre
- one page text only that gives a bio and the contributions to photography plus several intext
links to people and processes of importance.
- Benjamin
Disraeli - bio. links, chronology and more.
- The
Great Hunger - Irish Famine 1845 - Gateway to World History-History Archives presents this
tale of horror. Read about the famine that claimed 4 Million lives and the government's response
to the crisis.
- Views of
the Famine**** - wonderful site that presents articles and engravings from newspapers of the
times. This is an outstanding resource and please check out the page of links to related
subjects. (the background picture obscures the writing on the front page)
- Jack the
Ripper - information and photographs of Jack the Ripper and his victims.
- Karl
Marx - from the Victorian Web, Marx's thoughts on Human beings in Society and the role of
capitalism in the evolution of Society.
- Marx and
Engels: Communist Manifesto - read the excellent introduction by Paul Brians from Washington
State and then see what the fuss was all about.
- Military
History 1700 - 1900 - excellent site that lists the military events taking place in the
world between 1700 -1900. This site has many more than these few I ask you to check out
- The
Nietzsche Page - site containing everything you ever wanted to know about the man and his
works. Many, many great links to other sites.
- Florence
Nightingale - bio from Microsoft Encarta about the woman who had a profound effect of
nursing and medical care.
- Photography - a
very detailed look at photography from its beginning to the 1920s (about 80 years) The history,
important people (about 100+) and the different processes are all available here. Very complete
site.
- Photography
History - from the Media History Project - a page of links to: Historical Overviews,
Archives and Exhibits, People, Organizations and Exhibits. I followed several of the links an
they led to excellent information.
- Revolution of 1848
- excellent explanation of the unrest and social and political consequences of the revolution on
European countries.
- Victorian Web
Overview****
General Art Resources
- 19th
Century Art - alphabetical list of 20 selections from different artists of the times. The
quality of the enlarged image is as good as any photograph but they
take a while to load (a minute plus for each one - that's 20 plus minutes to see the sights at
this spot.)
- American
Victorian Architecture -Period and Style for Designers offers 23 images of homes, rooms,
accessories and objects that typify the Victorian Style in the US.
- 19th
Century London Stage**** - a great site from the University of
Washington School of Drama. This site plans to have an additional 1800 plays and 350 images in
their database by Spring of 1997. Select from
- Reflections of Domestic life (list of plays about life, some of
which are analyzed)
- The City of London Theater (history, actors, managers,
audience, genres and more)
- Money, Commerce and Labor ( licensing, censorship, law,
economic distress and socialism)
- the Works of William Thomas Moncrieff
- 19th Century
American Women Writers - another great resource....site contains the works of about 15+
authors with bios and notes on suffrage, book reviews and more.
- About Chekhov - links
to bio and many of his works
- The
Anton Chekhov Page - very complete site on the subject of Chekhov. Biography, sites with his
works, literary criticism, portraits, commercial products. More than you will ever want to know
about him.
- Authors on
the Victorian Web**** - 23 writers are included, with an in-depth analysis of their works,
social setting, visual arts relating to works, and in some cases the text of the work. Authors
include: the Brownings, Eliot, Kipling, Ruskin, Tennyson, Dickens, Carroll and many more. Outstanding Resource. Victorian Web:
Literature Overview
- Charles
Dickens Overview - from the Victorian Web which means Great. Biography, works, themes, characterizations, settings, symbolism, political and
social contexts, and much, much more.
- Civil War Poetry and
Music**** - great site - many verses from the men who lived and died during the terrible
war. Poems are divided by categories, battles, officers, lives, remembrances and more.
- Ralph Waldo
Emerson -
great page short with bio., portraits, works and poems, collections, analysis, quotes, links to
friends and more.
- Great Books 1820 -
1900*** - Malaspina Great Books - 36 authors are listed with links to a biography, and many
of their works on line. Includes: Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Sojourner Truth, Comte, de Balzac,
Stowe, Dickens, Tolstoy, the 3 Brontes and many more.
- Great Books 1852 -
1899 - these are folks who were born mid 1800s and who's career spanned late 1800's to the
mid 1900's. I'll include this list in my Modern section also. Freud, Shaw, Conrad and more
- Thomas
Hardy Home Page- very nice site from Literature Online containing bio. links to works
on line, works made into, articles and reviews.
- Nathaniel
Hawthorne - great page with bio., portraits, works, collections, analysis, quotes, links to
the movie The Scarlet Letter and more. A product of Eldritch Press - by Eric Eldred
- Victor Hugo
- one page text only bio.
- Henrik
Ibsen - biography, critical overview, and bibliography. from Literature Online
- Index
of Poets - Department of English University of Toronto
- John
Keats - biography, critical overview, and bibliography. from Literature Online
- Selected
Poetry of John Keats - 21 poems on line from University of Toronto
- Herman Melville
- biography, links to his works (including Moby Dick),
criticisms, reviews, Melville in the arts and more. Very good resource.
- From
Naturalism to Nihilism - selected readings from Kierkegaard, Twain, Whitman, Dickinson,
Dostoevski, Melville, Darwin, Tolstoy, Freud and others. That's variety for you.
- Edgar Allen Poe -
a very extensive site with a comprehensive biography, links to works, chat room and links to
other Poe sites on the net. Very good resource....and find out whether or not Poe died of
Rabies.
- Poetry of Walt Whitman
- biography, bibliography, works and links to other poetry sites.
- The Romantic**** - from
the Western Canon a tremendous site offering 66 writers with links to their works on line and
related sites for each.
- Romantic
Chronology**** - outstanding multi-paged site offering a historical chronology of events and
people that shaped the times. Many, Many links to authors and their works. Great site- and a
- Romantic Circles -
this site by devotees of Byron, Keats, the Shelleys and their contemporaries. Very nice resource
with works, scholarly resources, criticisms, publications and more.
- Romanticism and
Revolution - links to readings of English Romantic poets, Goethe, Dickens, Marx and others.
- Shelly - includes a
bibliography, chronology, and links.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe -
the site has a nice bio., link to Uncle Tom's Cabin,
and to a bibliography. (A Celebration of Women Writers)
- Theatre: 1820 - 1900
- from Malaspina - three playwrights, Wilde, Ibsen and Jones. They are linked to bios and their
works.
- Henry David Thoreau
- great page with bio., portraits, works, collections, analysis, quotes, links to friends and
more.
- Henry David
Thoreau: on Civil Disobedience - read excerpts from the work and find a link to the entire
text on line.
- The Victorian
Canon*** - an absolute wealth of information on 19th century literature.
- Victorian
Women Writers Project - from Indiana University - many, many to choose from and the topics
are very diverse.
- Oscar
Wilde - very nice site with a good bio. links to works, pictures and more. Very
good Resource.
- Wordsworth -
links, to poems, complete works, Romanticism on the net and much more.
- Johannas Brahms -
a very nice one page bio, a picture, plus a list of recommended recordings.
- Frederic
Chopin - another from Classics World - a nice one page bio, a picture, plus a list of
recommended recordings.
- Civil War Poetry and
Music**** - great site - hear the music of the North and South via midi files. The lyrics
are printed so you may read as you listen.
- Claude Debussy
-a nice one page bio, a picture, plus a list of recommended recordings.
- Isadora
Duncan - a one page, text only biography plus her contributions to dance, her philosophy and
a bibliography.
- Early Romantic Period
1820-1850 - nice overview and info on 7 composers
- Late Romantic Period (1850
- 1900) - nice overview and info on 6 composers
- Franz Liszt - a
commentary(biography), list of recommended recordings, other sites of interest.
- Gilbert and
Sullivan Home Page - very nice site with much to offer. Clip art, librettos, plot summaries,
pictures of original stars, song scores, midi and mpeg audio files. There are also links to
other pages, news articles and more. Very complete resource.
- Felix
Mendelssohn - a very nice one page bio, a picture, plus a list of recommended recordings.
- Music
History 102**** - great site - explanations, images and if you
have Real Audio you can listen to examples of the works of different composers.
- Music Between 1820
and 1900 - from Malaspina a list of 31 Romantic Composers with links to bios and lists of
their works includes: Strauss, Brahms, Schumann, Offenbach, Verdi, Liszt, Wagner, Chopin,
Schubert, Paganini and others.. Very nice Resource.
- Romantic
Composers - a list of 25+ composers, bios and lists of musical works.from the Music Chamber **** a
site created so that people could gain an understanding and appreciation for chamber
music. You don't have to be able to play an instrument or have a degree in music to enjoy this
wonderful art.
- Romantic
Composers **** - links to a page for each of the lotd and lots of composers including :
Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms and Tchaikovsky..
- The
Romantic Repertoire - list of 79 composers with links to individual pages that list works
and give a paragraph or two overview of style and contributions.
- the Strauss Family
- a page for each of the 4 Strausses with a very short, incomplete bio and long lists of their
works.
- Tchaikovsky
- one page bio, recommended recordings, a drawing and complete list of his works.
- The
Viennese Waltz - one page and a picture of this "unchaste" dance that both Paris
and Vienna claim.
- Wagner - a
nice bio plus a list of his works and recommended recordings.
- 19th
Century British Health Overview*** - from the Victorian Web. Sanitary conditions, diseases,
medical advances, diet, food contamination, even drug abuse is covered at this site.
- 19th
Century Medicine *** - From Quackery to
Bacteriology: The Emergence of Modern Medicine in 19th Century America from University of Toledo
Libraries
- 19th
Century - Regency & Victorian Era Costume**** - wonderful set of links to sites dealing
with the dress of everyone from high society to frontier prostitutes
- 19th Century
Tailoring - authentic, military & civilian clothing
commercial site
- Dickens's London
- The East End- The slums, the working conditions, reforms, city dwellers and the city itself
are described in this very informational text only site. A very good read.
- Etiquette
- from the Victorian Web, the dos and don'ts of polite society while at a
dance.
- How
the Other Half Lives**** - studies among the tenements of New York by Jacob Riis. Articles
about and engravings of the sights and scenes of life in the tenements in the 1800s. 25
enlightening stories plus 43 images.
- Life of 19th
Century Workers - reprinted from a History book published in 1930, these very interesting
articles include information on the lives and conditions of textile workers, chimney sweeps,
mine workers plus sanitary conditions, hours and labor legislation and regulations. Another
great site.
- London
Low-life - Beggars and Cheats 1862 - excerpts from an article written by Henry Mayhew on the
social conditions in London at the time -Those That Will Not Work- Please visit this site to
read about the attitudes and classification of London's poor.
- The
Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Servant-Master Relationships - from the Victorian Web
, an analysis using Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. - nice one page read
- Industrial Revolution in
France - I'm putting this in two sections - it deals with the clothing industry and you will
find much info on fashion and particular garments - Bra • Buttons • Corset • Furs •
Gloves • Handkerchieves • Hats • Needles • Lace • Shirt • Shoes • Stockings •
Suspenders • Tie • Vichy ...interesting
- The Moral and
Physical Condition of the Working Class in Manchester in 1832 - another primary source this
time by James Kay. Read about houses, cleanliness
(or lack there of), children and all social conditions. Again read the justification of the poor
conditions.
- Old Sturbridge Village - visit an
American agricultural community in the 1830's. See the sights and hear the sounds (if you are
set up for it) enter contests and roan the villages streets. See inside shops and marvel at the
latest technology. Great site and fun to boot.
- The Regency
Fashion Page - very nice site dealing with the fashions of the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Many images on site and many links to other sites containing info about the times.
- The Regency
Footwear Page, 1790-1829 - nice info, images and links
- Social
Class - from the Victorian Web a page of information dealing with the living conditions of
the different segments of society. Be sure to click on living conditions and public education
for more info. Very nice resource.
- The Stand-Up Bath
- Great site. Read about the birth of the shower plus see drawings of the earliest conveniences
on this one page informational site.
- US Civil War Photographs
- from the Library of Congress - an exhibit of over 1118 photos mostly from Matthew Brady,
search by key word or browse by subject
- Victorian London
- one page description of the Industrial city in Victorian England.
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