10 Industrial Revolution

Check out the the books in our library via the library catalogue. 

• Effects of the Industrial Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution Overview
• Overview - Industrial Revolution
• Industrial Revolution - Fordham University Sourcebook
• History Teacher Weblinks

Recommended by your History teachers on your Assessment Task:

Great Britain

• British National Archives – photos, primary sources, newspapers
• Historic England  photographic archive
•  Archive of British clips
• BBC History - Good start for information

Australia

• National Library of Australia TROVE - Australian archives – has photos, primary sources, newspapers
• Power House Museum  impact of first railways 
• National Film Sound Archive – Good for old clips

• British Library Online Search here: Industrial Revolution         
• Images of the Industrial Era
  Images available here but no reference detail
• Images of the Industrial Revolution
  Search for images

• The Nineteenth Century City
  Many aspects of life in the Nineteenth Century city
• Spartacus Education : Industrial Revolution
• Spinning the web
  Links with a focus on the cotton industry
• The Victorian Web
  Many aspects of life in Victorian times
• Women's work, industrialisation and gender
   
• Child Labor and the Division of Labor in the Early English Cotton Mills
  A detailed paper on Child labour in factories: "The early factories employed predominantly children because adults without factory experience were relatively unproductive factory workers."
   
• Library of Congress: The Industrial Revolution in the United States
  Includes various primary source materials available from the Library of Congress, as well as a general overview with historical background.
• Fordham University History: Industrial Revolution (USA)
  Various accounts, letters, etc. on the Industrial Revolution collected by historians at Fordham University.
• The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire
  Created by Cornell University. Includes history of the fire, list of victims and witnesses, primary sources, and more.
• Social Conditions in England during the 1800s, from the Victorian Web
  Primary source documents along with some secondary sources. Use your knowledge to choose the type of document you want.
• Life of the Industrial Worker in the Nineteenth Century
  Testimonials and other documents relating, mostly to, child labor.
• Industrial Revolution in Britain: Images
  Image gallery
• The Ecological Impact of the Industrial Revolution

  "From human development, health and life longevity, to social improvements and the impact on natural resources, public health, energy usage and sanitation, the effects were profound."
• Images of the Industrial Revolution (USA)
  A site created by Laura Nicholls that explores images created by artists of the period of the Industrial Revolution.
• Industrial Revolution & the Railway System (USA)