Second Industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution was the period known for the transformation of manufacturing industries and process between 1760-1840. This period attracted a lot of people from other occupation to manufacturing industry, reason being that transportation of goods from one location to the other was in the hands of the few. The masses were not catered for because the only goal of the manufacturing companies is to make a profit. In order to proffer a lasting solution to the plight of the poor during this…

Chapter 19 Technology in the Early 20th Century The strength and creativity of the technological enterprise turned into the most pervasive characteristic of the twentieth century. Many of the inventions of this time led to increased production of capital goods and many of them touched directly on the quality and style of life of the human species, specifically in America. Three areas with major technological advancements during the beginning of the twentieth century were advances in…

Inventions Of The Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution that occurred in the 18th century was of great importance to the economic future of the United States. There were many new creations and inventions during this time period. The inventions that resulted from this revolution had a large impact on the way we live today. These inventions improved life in a variety of ways, making manufacturing processes and daily life more efficient and easier. In my opinion, the most important inventions…

To conclude the site reveals an immense deal about the people of the time. It’s evident that the new complexity of their lives is a result of the Neolithic revolution. The Neolithic revolution was a massive pivotal moment in human development and consequently everything changed. The move from hunting to farming forced the people of the time to acquire new means of survival and from this we witness the formation of communities. We can be certain that they lived within communities and evidence…

A Concise Biography of Eli Whitney “Eli Whitney was born on the 8th of December, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts to Eli and Elizabeth Whitney. Though he grew up on a farm with his two brothers and one sister, though he grew up on a farm, but he was more inclined towards machinery and technology from an early age. Eli once dismantled his father's valuable watch in an inquisitive attempt to know how it worked”. He became a skilled at making nails from a device of his during the revolutionary…

Max Brooks is one of the famous novelists of the twenty first century and he has very unique way of writing and in depicting things and he is well known for his novel about zombie apocalypse and this is how he depicts renaissance in his novels, renaissance basically laid an idea for a new world, it was revival, rebirth and rediscovery of things. Brooks in his zombie novel always points out how the rebirth of old technologies and skill helped human survive. In his books whenever a zombie…

The Industrial revolution, which occurred during the end of 1800s, has had a significant impact in Britain and the world. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain and led to changes in the ways goods and services are produced. Mass production, mechanisation and fossil fuel began being used to produce everything from textiles to coal to steam to trains. The Industrial Revolution led to significant changes for people in Britain, first in relation to working condition, living conditions and…

The Industrial Revolution is a period in time in which industries are developing at a rapid pace as a result of the progress made in manufacturing and transportation. It began during the years 1750 to 1850 in Britain as it was the ideal starting place since it had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron, and rivers. These natural resources coupled with advancements in machinery produced a chain effect that eventually came to change the world economically, politically, and socially…

Class and Community is about the impact the industrial revolution and factory systems had on the small village of Lynn Massachusetts. It is an in depth view of Lynn shoemakers and their transition from life of preindustrial labor to their life after the industrial revolution and after the introduction of factory system labor. Alan Dawley’s purpose of the book was to point out the limits of class conflict and the corruptness of factory employers by describing the hardships the workers lived…

The evolution of technology starting in the 1800s brought a significant social and cultural change. With this, there was a growth in the establishments of cities, crop cultivation and the spread of populations. One of the main driving forces for the emergence of technology was the need for innovations and the urgent development of tools to solve daily problems. For instance, Dr. John Gorrie discovered that a tropical disease such as malaria was favored in hot and humid weather and in order to…