80 full-colour pages per volume, 800 pages total, 8.5" x 11"
Recommended Interest Level: Grades 5–10
Grolier, 2005

Features

Dozens of biographies

Photos, maps, charts, and graphs show clearly where, when, and how quickly industry spread

Plenty of online and print resources

Timeline in each volume

Glossary and full set index in each volume

Each of the 10 volumes in this set covers a specific era or area, detailing how the age of machines came about—or failed to take hold—and what its consequences were socially, economically, and politically.

Each volume looks with care at the scientific and technical underpinnings of developments, then traces the factors in that place or time that favoured or hindered expansion of a specific device, technique, or process.

The set also fully lays out the social and economic context in which these startling changes took place, as well as the effects they had.

This set covers:

The British and European roots of industrialization

How and why the rest of the world followed or rejected European innovations, particularly America and its diverse regions and peoples.

How the constant and accelerating pace of technical and scientific change affected people of all classes and types around the world.

This set uses:

The voices of participants legendary and unknown in extensive extracts from books, newspapers, memoirs, songs, speeches, and more

The rich imagery that came from the period, including early photos

Extensive maps, timelines, diagrams, and other aids to help students comprehend where, when, and how this revolution unfolded

Volumes:

Vol. 6 The Industrial Revolution Spreads through Europe

Vol. 1 A Turning Point in History

Vol. 2 The Industrial Revolution Begins

Vol. 7 The Worldwide Industrial Revolution

Vol. 3 The Industrial Revolution Spreads

Vol. 8 America's Second Industrial Revolution

Vol. 4 The Industrial Revolution Comes to
America

Vol. 9 The Industrial Revolution and the Working Class

Vol. 5 The Growth of the Industrial Revolution in America

Vol. 10 The Industrial Revolution and American Society