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.

At the same time, the Industrial Revolution made change inevitable. New agricultural methods displaced poor farmers and brought great hardship to England's growing population, and many were ...

Having the developing world 'leapfrog' over the Victorian Industrial Revolution right to high technology (skip coal power and leapfrog to combined cycle natural gas power with co-generation or ...

During the Victorian era, Glasgow became the workhouse of the empire as the industrial revolution saw heavy industry such as ...