It can be read as an allegory to the impact of the First Industrial Revolution on the new world. The First Industrial Revolution heralded production using steam, and the Second saw the usage of ...

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution. A profusion of new technologies and manufacturing processes, accompanied by innovations in finance and ...

The Industrial Revolution introduced new machines, new industries and new jobs...even for children. Before the Industrial Revolution craftspeople made things in their own homes or in small workshops.

there was a genuine fear that revolution could come to Britain. Throughout the year industrial unrest had been growing and by November 1917 almost one million working days were lost to strikes ...