Mary Ann Cotton

If you ever look back on history, you will notice how the Eurasian cultures developed and became civilized quicker than many other civilizations. Some individuals may ask why that happened and what caused it. Specifically, one new Guinean man simply asked Jared Diamond, “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?” Diamond thought this was a simple question; however, he did not have a simple answer. Over time and research, he found the answer lies in innovations…

Robert chambers was born in 1809 and introduced to a time of which the industrial revolution occurred. It was a bustling era of which coincidentally was a time of which Europe was rich and had many inventors. During childhood Robert chambers was an ambitious person about truth and knowledge, it allowed him to have the curiosity to learn more about the world around him. He undertook a curriculum on geology and biology of which later became a fundamental basis of which he based his research.…

The Grand Rapids Chair Company represented a partnership between Grand Rapids sawmills and lumber mills. The site is notable for its adaptation both to changes in ownership and the demands of the furniture industry, through which it impacted the surrounding community of laborers. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show several additions to the building since its construction, the two largest being the expansion to abut Monroe Street, apparent on the 1912 map, and the Baker Furniture addition, built at…

Besides textile industry, industries born after the industrial revolution started from the Great Britain also changed Philadelphia. Paper, leather and textile industries were still very common. Meanwhile, heavy industries such as the coal and iron industry also emerged. The introduction of steam engine and railroad created a larger market coverage for Philadelphia’s manufacturing industries and help businessman sell their goods farther away. After World War II, specially 1970’s, the United…

In chapter four Nye describes, “Technology momentum” as “a particularly useful concept for understanding large-scale systems, such as the electric grid, the railway, or the automobile (Nye p 52). He began to describe who the bicycle was the most used transportation in some countries and how eventually automobiles where used instead. However, only the automobile was able to achieve “technology momentum” in some countries. In Netherlands and Denmark the bicycle reached momentum for about 40 years…

With the Industrial Revolution leading to major technological advancements and the invention of new manufacturing streamline processes, mass produced products were able to be created more affordably and and at a speedier pace than ever before, leading to an increase in supply and demand. With the increase of manufacturing and demand, wealthy individuals or families who owned businesses managed to remain on the top tier of the social class. Middle class factory owners and workers who were…

it was released in 2011 that Victoria’s Secret was buying cotton from a place in Africa called Burkina Faso which uses child labor to produce their cotton. Reporters went sent out the West African country farming fields where Victoria’s Secret’s cotton is produced to see if in fact children are being used. This fabric is “used for Americans' favorite panties and bras.”Child labor for Victoria’s Secret’s cotton is said that it has been used since 2007. Victoria's Secret claims not to…

Commercial Revolution originated in the late seventeen century and moving onto the eighteenth century, where it shaped the foundation for the industrialization of Britain through the establishment of trades, financial, commercial as well as legal industries (Harley, 2004). An industrial development of an economy can be advantageous as it increases the industrial opportunities such as enhancing living standards, domestic value of products, and provide a large goods and service market (Deane,…

In the 1800s the industrial revolution created new jobs for millions of people including children. Most children during the industrial revolution were employed many in manufacturing and mining. One of the most widely recognized jobs for children was as a “Newsie” or “Newsboy”. This job was held by young children, usually boys while girls usually worked in the Mills. Many of these children were orphaned or homeless and were forced to work in order to make money for their families to survive (THE…

With the industrial revolution came many advances in technology, such as the steam engine. Along with these revolutionary ideas and inventions were consequences some very severe. There are two main negative consequences of the industrial revolution, the conditions in which people lived and worked in and the treatment of women and children. There are also two main positive consequences, urbanisation and the middle class. All of these will be discussed in more detail later. The conditions in…