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Industrial
Revolution |
The
Victorian Web - very rich and comprehensive site with many links to
explore
Encyclopaedia
of British history 1700-1950 - select from a range of topics eg child
labour, railways
The British Industrial
Revolution - information about
the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions with articles and links.
Blackburn,
Cotton and the Industrial Revolution - study of the impact
of the Industrial revolution as a consequence of the arrival of the textile
industry in the 1700s which dramatically transformed the town of Blackburn
from a relatively small market town to the largest cotton weaving town
in Lancashire.
The
Industrial Revolution - Detailed text information about the
causes and effects.
Lesson:
Industrial Revolution (Women in World History Curriculum) - plight
of women's work in the early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales.
Meadbh
Gallagher, The Great Hunger - detailed text information about the the
Great potato famine in Ireland and the late 1840s.
On-line:
Science and Technology - Richard Arkwright, the Cotton
King and his influence on the Industrial Revolution.
VRW
Guide to Other Victorian Resources - numerous annotated links to studies
of the 19th Century Victorian period.
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