Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920: [2 volumes]

by Christine Rider

Overview

Although the temptation is to focus on technological changes and their application to industry, the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century also influenced social life, political and economic institutions, and the physical landscape. The discoveries and changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries might seem minor when compared to the technological advances of recent decades, but those advances would not have been possible without the people and developments of the Industrial Revolution. In over 150 entries that cover all aspects of this historical transformation of industry and society, this encyclopedia describes the major people, events, and inventions that defined the Industrial Revolution in Britain, the United States, and elsewhere.

Besides entries that describe the specific course of the Industrial Revolution in such places as Asia, Britain, Canada, France, Japan, Russia, Spain, and the U.S.,the encyclopedia offers entries on such important people as: Alexander Graham Bell, Matthew Bouldton, Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, Flora Tristan, James Watt. Other entries cover such important inventions as: Electric Dynamo, Repeating Rifles, Sewing Machines, Steam Turbine, Submarines, Typewriters. And still other entries cover such vital social issues as: Child Labor and Child Labor Laws, Ecological Impact of the Industrial Revolution, Slavery, Temperance Movement, Urbanization, Wealth and Poverty in the Industrial Revolution.

The encyclopedia also includes 24 primary documents, a Chronology, a bibliography, and extensive Introduction, illustrations, and a detailed subject index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313335013
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/2007
Edition description:	Two Volume Set
Pages:	664
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.50(h) x 1.85(d)

About the Author

Christine Rider is Professor Emerita at St. John's University in New York. She is the author of An Introduction to Economic History (1995) and co-editor of Socialist Economies in Transition: Appraislas of the Market Mechanism (1992) and of The Industrial Revolution in Comparative Perspective (1997). Her research interests include various aspects of international economic development and social economies, and she has published in these areas. She was President of the Association for Social Economics in 1998-99.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Entries

List of Primary Documents

Guide to Related Topics

Chronology for the Industrial Revolution

The Encyclopedia

Primary Documents

Annotated Bibliography

Index

About the Editor and Contributors

Entry Listing

American Federation of Labor (AF of L)

Antitrust Policy in the United States

Architecture

Art

Asia, Industrial Revolution in

Austria-Hungary (c. 1800-1914), Industrial Revolution in

Automobiles

Aviation

Bakewell, Robert (1725-1795)

Banking

Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)

Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898)

Bessemer Process

Bimetallism

Boulton, Matthew (1728-1809)

Bourgeoisie

Britain, Industrial Revolution in

British Labour Party

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859)

Canada, Industrial Revolution in

Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)

Carnegie Steel Corporation (1892-1901)

Central and Eastern Europe, Industrial Revolution in

Chartism

Child Labor and Child Labor Laws

Cigar Makers International Union of America (CMIU)

Civil War (United States), 1861-1865

Coal Mining

Cobden-Chevalier Treaty (1860)

Combination Acts (1799, 1800)

Communes

Communism

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

Continental System (1806-1813)

Corn Laws

Cotton

Credit

Crystal Palace

Darby, Abraham (1678-1717)

Democracy

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

Ecological Impact of the Industrial Revolution

Economies of Scale

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)

Electrical Industry

Electric Dynamo

Erie Canal

Fabian Society

Factory Acts

Faraday, Michael (1791-1867)

Flour Milling

Food

Ford, Henry (1863-1947)

Fourier, Charles (1772-1837)

France, Industrial Revolution in

Friendly Societies

Feudalism, Crisis of

George, Henry (1839-1897)

Germany, Industrial Revolution in

Gilbreth, Frank (1868-1924)

Gin Palaces

Gold Standard

Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)

Grand National Consolidated Trade Unions (GNCTU)

The Great Depression (1929-1939)

Great Railroad Strike (1877)

Guilds, Decline of

Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf (1847-1894)

Homestead Strike (1892)

Immigration and Emigration Patterns During the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution, Timing of

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

International Trade

Invention

Iron Industry

Iron Production in Merthyr Tydfil (Wales)

Japan, Industrial Revolution in

Japan, Industrial Revolution in: The Political Aspect

Krupp Iron Works

Labor and the Industrial Revolution

Landed Gentry

List, Friedrich (1789-1846)

London Working Mens Association (LWMA)

Luddites

Lunar Society

Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766-1834)

Marx, Karl (Heinrich) (1818-1883)

Meiji Restoration (1867)

Mercantilism

Methodism

Morgan, John Pierpont (J.P.) (1837-1913)

Muckraking Journalism

Mullaney, Kate (1845-1906)

Music

New Model Unions

Newspapers

Ocean Transportation

Owen, Robert (1771-1858)

Paris Commune (1871)

Pauper Children

Peel, Robert (1788-1850)

Penny Dreadfuls

Petroleum Industry

Polish Lands, Industrial Revolution in

Port of New York

Progressive Era

Protestant Ethic and the Industrial Revolution

Psychiatry

Public Health

Radio

Railroads

Repeating Rifles

Revolution of 1848

Ricardo, David (1772-1823)

Rochdale Pioneers

Rockefeller, John D. (18391937)

Russia, Industrial Revolution in

Seaports

Sewing Machine

Shipbuilding

Siemens, Ernst Werner von (1816-1892)

Skyscrapers

Slavery

Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930)

Socialism

Spain, Industrial Revolution in

Standard of Living and the Industrial Revolution

Steam Engine

Steamship

Steam Turbine

Stephenson, George (1781-1848)

Submarines

Sweated Labor and Sweatshops

Syndicalism

Tariff Policy

Taylor, Frederick (1856-1915)

Technical Advances

Telecommunications

Telegraphy

Temperance Movement

Terminology and Language

Terms of Trade

Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)

Tristan, Flora (1803-1844)

Trust Busting

Tull, Jethro (1674-1741)

Typewriters

United States, Industrial Revolution in

Urbanization

Urban Transportation

Waltham-Lowell System

Watt, James (1736-1819)

Wealth and Poverty in the Industrial Revolution

Wedgwood, Josiah (1730-1795)

Working Class Protest Movements

World War I (1914-1918)

Zaibatsu

Editorial Reviews

"This encyclopedia is a broad introduction to the Industrial Revolution describing the main events, people, developments, and places, and a solid, readable undergraduate reference on the revolution's concepts, events, and social influences.... Recommended. Lower-/upper-level undergraduates and general readers." - Choice

"Recommended for large metropolitan libraries and undergraduate collections." - Library Journal

"Students will find that this encyclopedia provides clear and up-to-date summaries of many important topics. They should be gratified if they find it in their libraries. It will certainly also be useful for scholars, and certainly deserves the two inches it occupies on my bookshelves." - H-Net Reviews

"This encyclopedia has more than 150 lengthy entries not only for industrial-age innovations (such as Flour milling and Railroads) and inventors (such as Thomas Edison) but also for social, political, and economic aspects (such as Child labor). Geographic coverage extends across Europe, the U.S., and Asia....One strong feature of the encyclopedia is the inclusion of 28 primary documents....This text is suggested for libraries that want a global perspective on the Industrial Revolution....recommended for academic and large public libraries." - Booklist

"This two-volume set includes 150 entries that provide comprehenisve information on a variety of topics related to the Industrial Revolution. The articles are well written and longer entries include subtitles. Other entry subjects within an article are in for for easy cross-referencing. Each entry includes the author as well as a list for further reading....The encyclopedia also includes a preface and introduction, list of entries, 24 primary documents, a guide to related topics, an extensive chronology, an annotated bibliography, and a detailed subject index. Recommended." - Library Media Connection

"The 150 signed essays in this set cover people, events, and inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and discuss how the movement affected not only business and trade, but also society, politics, and even ecology in many countries. The entries provide important facts, yet are often thoughtful and philosophical....Many other volumes expound on inventions and inventors, but this one stands out for its treatment of Japan, Russia, and other countries, as well as its coverage of the sociological, ecological, and aesthetic implications of this period." - School Library Journal

"The Industrial Revolution had it all, both good and bad, and changed Western society from rural to largely urban in only a few generations. This collection of hundreds of entries gives general readers and high school through early undergraduate students a solid first reference to the people, trends, places, events and ramifications of the fastest and most complete changes in a society seen until the dawn of the information age. Contributors are leading experts in their fields, and they cover topics from the development of the labor movement to the creation of entirely new technologies and industries, child labor, women's employment rights, the workings of the robber barons, and the early global economy." - Reference & Research Book News

"[A] mother lode of information that any student could use to prepare a research paper on the impact of this Revolution on their lives now and what actions they might suggest to help another less fortunate nation move into a more modern society. Making some assumptions of the changes to be accepted in the future and how to manage this also would be a good critical- thinking activity. Because these volumes cover people, events, industry, religions, political events and laws, among other topics, placing them in their critical time period makes them especially helpful in understanding this age." - GALE Reference for Students

"The beauty of this book lies in the way that it affects one's vision. You look about and suddently you become aware of the influences of the Industrial Revolution all around you." - Reference Reviews

"[A] mother load of information that any student could use to prepare a research paper on the impact of this Revolution on their lives now and what actions they might suggest to help another less fortunate nation move into a more modern society....Because these volumes cover people, events, industry, religions, political events and laws, among other topics, placing them in their critical time period makes them especially helpful in understanding this age." - Lawrence Looks at Books

". . .a great deal of factual information remains, much of which resides in these two volumes, and they will serve as useful, generally reliable reference for students, teachers, and researchers." - Technology and Culture

From the Publisher

Gr 9 Up -The 150 signed essays in this set cover people, events, and inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and discuss how the movement affected not only business and trade, but also society, politics, and even ecology in many countries. The entries provide important facts, yet are often thoughtful and philosophical. For example, "Architecture" describes how materials and engineering developments influenced building environmental systems and created a new aesthetic. An article on the typewriter describes the development of electronic shorthand reminiscent of today's instant messaging. Entries on major figures, such as Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday, and Henry Ford, highlight major accomplishments. More information, however, is available through the cross-references. Some minor individuals, such as Joseph Fourier, who developed the first greenhouse-effect theory, can only be found through the index. Appended are excerpts from primary sources (listed in the front of the volume, but not found in the comprehensive index), including George Bernard Shaw's report on the Fabians, the Embargo Act, and the Monroe Doctrine. Two fascinating excerpts describing the life of a London vagrant and an interview with a child factory worker are gems. The black-and-white illustrations and photos are sparse but informative. Many other volumes expound on inventions and inventors, but this one stands out for its treatment of Japan, Russia, and other countries, as well as its coverage of the sociological, ecological, and aesthetic implications of this period.-Vicki Reutter, Cazenovia High School, NY

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