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Gale World History in Context: Industrial Revolution
The topic center for the Industrial Revolution from Gale World History in Context database. Includes reference articles, primary sources, images, and more.
The Power of the Industrial Revolution, 1800-1914
The topic center from the ABC-CLIO: the Modern Era database. Includes sections on scientific innovations, urbanization, the economy, and transportation.

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Includes biographies on more than 500,000 people gathered from more than 170 Gale reference sources. Search by name, occupation, nationality, gender, place of birth or death and other criteria, or narrow results by content or document type. Also includes Contemporary Authors.
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Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps. From Infobase.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Industrial Revolution
Filled with primary source documents from history.
The Industrial Revolution in the United States
A set of primary sources from the Library of Congress. Includes photographs, maps, newspaper articles, and more.
The Industrial Revolution | The British Library
In this article Matthew White explores the industrial revolution which changed the landscape and infrastructure of Britain forever.
Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here
From the Classroom Video on Demand database:
Historian and professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social, and political conditions that led to Britain becoming the richest, most powerful nation in the 19th century. Factors in this transformation include Britain's coal reserves; the development of political liberalism that fostered innovation; the consumer revolution; and colonization. A documentary from the BBC.

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