The Industrial Revolution

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BBC History - The Industrial Revolution  The steam-driven industrial revolution transformed the cities of Britain.

Cattle Trailing  Cattle trailing was the principal method of getting cattle to market in the late nineteenth century. It provided Texans with a practical, economical means of marketing surplus livestock.

Industrial Revolution  A history of the industrial revolution from the 18th to the 20th century.

The River of the West  The River of the West is the story of Joe Meek and his years as a mountain man. Meek came west in 1828 as an employee of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, and spent the next twelve years engaged in the fur trade.

The United States, to 1914  Technology, capital, labor and real wages, hope, the middle-class, the urban poor and morality, hardship, agriculture, reforms and Theodore Roosevelt.

World Economies and Rise of the West  Asian agricultural superiority and manufacturing, Britain's advances in agriculture and technology, the United States, manufacturing, technology and cotton.