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On the Internet:
Age of Industry .....a great site for a wide variety of information about the industrial revolution and inventions
Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th Century England .....testimonies at Parliamentary hearings on conditions in the textile factories
19th Century Working Conditions .....this site shows a lot of pictures of life in the milltowns of the 19th century
Industrial Revolution in Britain ....some brief information on Britain and the Industrial Revolution
Pictures of Victorian London .....some pictures of life in the Victorian Era in London
Technology, Then and Now .....gives some background information on the changes in technology
History of the Work Ethic .....scroll around at this site to see the varying history of the work ethic during different periods of history (the industrial revolution is included)
History of Shiftwork .....various perspectives on the history of shiftwork
History of Energy Timeline .....a timeline of the history of energy from ancient times to 1903
The Industrial Revolution .....a brief background on the industrial revolution
Middle Ages vs. Industrial Revolution .....an essay that compares the relationship between material culture, knowledge, skill and the way work is organized in these two periods of history (this could be helpful to get another perspective by a student researching the topic)
Other:
Stearns, Peter N. The ABC-CLIO World History Companion to the Industrial Revolution.
Ware, Norman. The Industrial Worker, 1840-1860--The Reaction of American Industrial Society to the Advance of the Industrial Revolution.
Weible, Robert, ed. The World of the Industrial Revolution--Comparative and International Aspects of Industrialization.
Hindle, Brooke and Steven Lubar. Engines of Change--The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860.
Finkel, Alvin. The "Work Ethic" and Control of the Workforce.
Chwe, Michael Suk-Young. Why Were Workers Whipped? Pain in a Principal-Agent Model.
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