Dec
10
Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here [In Great Britain]
December 10, 2015 | 19 Comments
“Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history: the Industrial Revolution. He explains the unique economic, social and political conditions that by the 19th century, led to Britain becoming the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. It was a time that transformed the way people think, work and play forever. […]
Dec
9
Plowing up the World’s Grasslands – 1850
December 9, 2015 | 3 Comments
One of the great transformations in global environmental history has been the plowing up of the world’s grasslands to grow grain. The process began at the western end of the Eurasian steppes, in present-day southern Russia and Ukraine, in the second half of the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the great plow-up […]
Dec
9
Primary Source Assignment by Zachary Goshorn
December 9, 2015 | 3 Comments
The industrial revolution of the eighteen century was a time of great change across the western world. The effects of these changes were felt by the economies, environments, and industries of each of the nations of the western world. Most affected of all by the changes brought by the industrial revolution were the people of […]