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PATHFINDER: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books| Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Web
Sites
Scope: The Industrial
Revolution began in the late 1790s and early 19th
century in America with the influx of new ideas and new
inventions. After the Civil War the climate was ripe for
industrial and technological development. Notable,
wealthy industrialists Andrew Carnegie and John D.
Rockefeller influenced the rise of business.
Millions of immigrants arriving from Europe increased
the population of the United States and provided the
much needed labor force for factories. Turnpikes,
canals, and railroads were built to aid in the
transportation of goods to other markets. (Olson, James
S. Encyclopedia of the Industrial Evolution in America)
Subject Headings
Books dealing with the industrial revolution are listed
in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the
following subject headings:
Industrial revolution
Science- History
Technology-History
Inventions—History- 20th Century
Technological innovations—History—20th century
Inventions—United
States—History
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF AG5.K315 1997 Famous First Facts: A Record of First
Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American
History
REF HC105.O45 2002 Encyclopedia of the Industrial
Revolution in America
Some representative books from the circulating
collection (located upstairs in the library) are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Bezis-Selfa, John.
Forging America: Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the
Industrious
Revolution. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press,
2004.
More, Charles.
Understanding the Industrial Revolution. New York:
Routledge, 2000.
McClellan, James E.
Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction.
Baltimore, Md: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Roy, William G.
Socializing capital: The Rise of the Large Industrial
Corporation in
America. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press,
1997.
Singer, Edward.
20th Century Revolutions in Technology. Commack, NY:
Nova Science Pub; 1998.
Van Dulken, Stephen.
American Inventions: A History of Curious,
Extraordinary, and Just Plain Useful Patents. New
York: New York University Press, 2004.
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE
PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full-text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
History of International Migration Site
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/migration/chapter3.html
American Memory- Rise of Industrial America
http://www.memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.html
Best of History Websites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/EarlyModernEurope.shtml
Updated
06/13/2007
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