Articles related to "Industrial Revolution"



The Luddites
Though the term Luddite has come to mean a person opposed to technology or technological development, it can be traced to a specific and bloody period of English History.
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Anorexia and Religion, Part II
From the beginning of recorded history, anorexia has waxed and waned with historical and religious trends.
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First and Unique: Britain's Industrial Revolution, Part I
This four-part series explores the uniqueness of Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th century vis-a-vis Germany and France. Parts 1 and 2 explore the contrast between Britain and Germany; Parts 3 and 4 with France.
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First and Unique: Britain's Industrial Revolution, Part II
This four-part series explores the uniqueness of Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th century vis-a-vis Germany and France. Parts 1 and 2 explore the contrast between Britain and Germany; Parts 3 and 4 with France.
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First and Unique: Britain's Industrial Revolution, Part III
This four-part series explores the uniqueness of Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th century vis-a-vis Germany and France. Parts 1 and 2 explore the contrast between Britain and Germany; Parts 3 and 4 with France.
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First and Unique: Britain's Industrial Revolution, Part IV
This four-part series explores the uniqueness of Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th century vis-a-vis Germany and France. Parts 1 and 2 explore the contrast between Britain and Germany; Parts 3 and 4 with France.
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Overview of Shocking Changes Brought on by Industrial Revolution
The 1900s saw a lot of changes, and the Museum of Modern Art has a beautiful group of concurrently running exhibits on right now regarding some of them. Here is one example...
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Silk
A brief introduction to the Hstory of Silk.
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The Early Industrial Revolution (18th - 19th Century)
Highlights the development of unique construction prototypes developed due to the use of new technology. The main attribute of all the buildings was that their components were all mass-produced or prefabricated in a factory.
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The Early Life of Samuel Slater
How Samuel Slater, the father of the industrial revolution in America, got his knowledge of cotton spinning and cotton mills from Jedediah Strutt, in Belper, Derbyshire.
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Victorian Design
During Victorian era mass production and transportation facilities made it possible for decorating to reach masses.
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Where have all the copperplate engravers gone?
Many old professions disappeared with the industrial revolution and handworkers were replaced by assembly lines and machines. I've found a rich source for the old world of jobs that are now obsolete.
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London Walks - Regent's Canal
Explore "hidden" London. Beneath the noise of the traffic lies a secluded world of quiet canals. A century ago ago this idyllic scene would have been unimaginable.
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Old Salem
Restored not rebuilt - Old Salem Museum and Gardens shows modern day visitors how life has evolved and seamlessly joins the 21st century.
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Replaceable Parts
In many ways replaceable parts make modern transportation possible.
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Saltaire - World Heritage Site
Sir Titus Salt was a man with a vision and a social conscience. The West Yorkshire mill village of Saltaire is his enduring legacy.
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THE ARTS AND CRAFTS FRUIT GARDEN
Of the many historical garden styles one can choose, the Arts and Crafts theme is most suited to fruit growing.
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The Meiji Era and the Modernization of Japan...Part 2
What does the Japanese love of baseball have to do with the Meiji Era? Read about this and the price of modernization.
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The Silence of Longing p1
A comparison of Mermaid to Rusalka and Wozzeck as social critism. Links are given on second page to Alban Berg, George Buchner, Dvorak, Rusalka, Wozzeck and Woyzeck, literary criticism, reviews and Engels, Condition of Working Man; picture galleries
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The Silence of Longing p2
The Mermaid as allegory and social criticism within the framework of the industrial revolution with comparison to George Buchner's Woyzeck and Berg's Wozzeck; the impossible predicament of the invisible substratum
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UK - Shropshire -Ironbridge
Over two hundred years ago, what happened in small Shropshire town changed the world for ever.
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Wheels of Economic Growth
World economies perform miracles every day - they create new businesses, and invest in people, technologies and capital with the purpose of bettering our lives.
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1934 Dustbowl Created Desert
The 1934 Dustbowl displaced millions of people, caused countless farms to go bankrupt, created a wave of unemployment in a country already gripped by economic depression.
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A Christmas Carol
Every year at this time, I take in the tale again, each season finding myself more in sympathy with Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Forced Expulsion of European Jews
Renaissance and Industrial Revolution urbanized the Europeans and quickened their advance, while the marginalized Jews lagged behind and became objects of discrimination.
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LINEN...SPANNING TIME
When speaking with my five year old niece Rachel the other day, she so innocently asked me what I was doing. I answered her with, "why I'm washing my linen!" She then asked, "Aunt Joan, what is linen?" That's when I decided that the history of linen would be my next article! Thank you Rachel!
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Shropshire Past and Present
Introduction to the English county of Shropshire and it's history.
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The Steam Engine
Although various steam motion devices had been known since the time of Hero of Alexandria. This new invention would replace horses with horsepower.
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William Morris
The first of a two part series, this article offers an introduction to William Morris's work.
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Maud Foster Windmill, Lincolnshire
This unique 5-sailed, 7-storey mill is a popular outing in Lincolnshire. It offers a glimpse of 19th century life, and has a cosy teashop using home ground flour.
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Wordsworth's Romantic Cry
Wordsworth's Italian sonnet is the Romantic cry of a speaker who wants it both ways: he wants to be a pagan, yet still retain his enlightenment values.
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