The causes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain / Eric Pawson -- The spread of the Industrial Revolution to Europe / W.O. Henderson -- Americans debate the merits of industrialization / George Soule -- The United States imports the Industrial Revolution / Carroll Pursell -- The birth of the factory / Gary Cross and Rick Szostak -- The rise of the company town / Daniel Nelson -- Eli Whitney and the cotton gin / Dennis Karwatka -- Robert Fulton and the steamboat / Franklin M. Reck -- Cyris McCormick and the mechanical reaper / H.W. Brands -- Samuel Morse and the telegraph / Brooke Hindle -- Thomas Edison and the electrical lighting system / Thomas Parke Hughes -- Henry Ford and the automobile / Thomas V. DiBacco -- The Industrial Revolution lowered laborers' standard of living / J.L. Hammond and Barbara Hammond -- The Industrial Revolution raised laborers' standard of living / Ludwig von Mises -- The rise of organized labor / Carl N. Degler -- An indictment of the robber barons / Howard Zinn -- A defense of the robber barons / Burton w. Folsom, Jr. -- An increase in black migration and foreign immigration to industrial centers / Harold U. Faulkner -- The relationship between industrialization and urban pollution / Martin V. Melosi -- The mechanization of farming / Carroll Pursell -- The effect of labor-saving devices on housework / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- The Industrial Revolution's effect on education / Edward C. Kirkland.
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