The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24

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We’ve talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we’re moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You’ll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and social movements that this revolution engendered.

SOURCES

Hobsbawm, Eric. Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movements in the 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: W. W. Norton, 1965.

Hunt, Lynn. et al. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, 6th ed. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2019.

Kent, Susan Kingsley. A New History of Britain since 1688: Four Nations and an Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric That Made the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Smith, Bonnie G. et al. World in the Making: A Global History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

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  1. Wasn't James Watt Scottish?
    Man, it really would help if there was a term for people who lived in Great Britain, especially those who work and lived in more than one of the islands countries.

  2. I hope John's alright today lol.
    He was so much more charismatic in his videos from 2011…
    .. He looks just about ready to retire today 😂
    We love you regardless John!

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