Summary
The Industrial Revolution was an age of change and progress unlike any seen before in history. New inventions and technologies, powered by steam, introduced new textile mills and production systems that transformed Great Britain. Inspired by their English cousins, American ingenuity created a technological revolution in the United States, one resulting in monumental progress in communications, production, and transportation. The upcoming advances were made at the hands of American mechanics, machinists, and tinkerers, whose names serve as mile markers of the new machine age—Samuel Slater, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Samuel Colt, and Samuel Morse. In The Industrial Revolution, learn how their tireless work and contributions by countless others improved the lives of millions of Americans and ushered in a new American century.
About the Author(s)
Tim McNeese is associate professor of history and department chair at York College in York, Nebraska. He is a graduate of York College, Harding University, and Missouri State University and has published more than 110 books and educational materials. McNeese's writing has earned him a citation in the library reference work Contemporary Authors and multiple citations in Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In 2006, he appeared on the History Channel program Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon.