Before the merging of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, traveling West was a perilous, time-consuming endeavor. Native Americans hunted vast herds of buffalo across the plains and a few hardy pioneers lived in scattered, isolated settlements. The construction of the transcontinental r
A Primary Source Investigation of the Industrial Revolution
โ Scribed by Xina M. Uhl
- Book ID
- 110714779
- Publisher
- The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Series
- Uncovering American History
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781508184157
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โฆ Synopsis
The exodus of rural dwellers for the cramped, smoke-filled, but affluent cities of the late nineteenth century took place because of an increasing number of factory jobs. And such jobs came about because of a radical shift in technology and society called the Industrial Revolution. From steam power to electrical grids, the innovations that fueled this revolution transformed the United States into a country that would later dominate the world in business, culture, and invention. Extensive focus on documents, period photographs, and artwork combined with context-setting text makes this an authoritative guide to one of the most important eras of American history.
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