The Locator -- [(subject = "Industrial revolution")]

295 records matched your query       


Record 20 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Mooney, Carla, 1970-
Title:
Perspectives on the industrial revolution / by Carla Mooney.
Publisher:
12-Story Library
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
pages cm.
Subject:
Industrial revolution--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--Economic conditions--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1783-1865--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1865-1921--Juvenile literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The mill girls of Lowell -- Cotton gin improves farming -- Life in an urban slum -- The industrial revolution creates a new middle class -- Vanderbilt builds a railroad empire -- Factory workers face difficult conditions -- Trading on the stock exchanges -- Children put to work in factories -- Labor unions form to fight for worker rights -- Immigrants come to America -- Andrew Carnegie builds America's steel industry -- Henry Ford doubles worker pay.
Series:
Perspectives on the American revolution
ISBN:
1632354748 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781632354747 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1632354020 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781632354020 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2016045854
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
AKPC906 -- Eldon Public Library (Eldon)
BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.