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From Spinning Wheels to Steam and Steel

Understanding the Age of Industrialization

by Jennifer Popiel
Jennifer Popiel
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In the Age of Industrialization, economics, society, politics, and culture collided. In particular, the Industrial Revolution provided the underpinnings of Europe's societal transformations and decisively shaped the century, including changes in mass culture and the growth of democratic challenges to existing political institutions. This series of lectures explores specific technologies, most of which we take for granted today, to offer a general picture of the economic and social development of Western nations from 1760 to 1900.

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    September 15, 2014

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      • ISBN: 9781490633954
      • File size: 135025 KB
      • Duration: 04:41:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      The age of industrialization as a topic of study is large and daunting but is here made accessible by the talented storytelling of Popiel (history, St. Louis Univ.; Rousseau's Daughters). Popiel uses common, everyday items such as bicycles, city streets, and baseballs as teaching tools. The result is eight fascinating lectures examining the social, cultural, and political impact of industrialization on countries including the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. Our modern political economy is very much the child of these changes; the terms middle class, productivity, investment in technology, and immigration all became part of everyday discourse in the Industrial Age. One of the key historical lessons gained from examining the industrial revolution is that changes to one segment of society will have repercussions on others. Change begets change. Popiel is an engaging speaker, and her love of the topic shines through these lectures. VERDICT Recommended for history buffs and anyone who enjoys being surprised by the richness of the seemingly mundane.--Denis Frias, Mississauga Lib. Syst., Ont.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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