The industrial revolution stands out as a time of great prosperity and expansion as America entered the modern era. But what were the pitfalls of such rapid growth and who turned out to be the ...

What was life like before the Industrial Revolution? The arrival of the Industrial Revolution brought massive changes to work practices and everyday life. Find out more. The impact of the railways ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in ... and specialization of industrial production required written ...

This timeline will lead you through some of the key works, with images from the BBC archive. The industrial revolution brought ... arranged against a saturated background. Despite being influenced ...