Week 8: Industrial Revolution

Modern Europe

Monday: The Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution Presenation

Read:

  • Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew, “Industrial Development,” in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2000) 9-17 (On Zotero).

Watch:

Wednesday: Consequences of Industrialism: Liberalism and Socialism

Impacts of the Industrial Revolution

Listen:

Friday: Discussion #6

Student Presentation by Jack Walter

Read:

  • “Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, link here.
  • “Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, link here..
  • “Testimony Gathered by Ashley’s Mines Commission,” link here.
  • “The Life of the Industrial Worker in Ninteenth-Century England,” link here..