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Describes the rise of the steamship in the United States and its effect on the industrial revolution.
An impressive set of books on the Industrial Revolution, these comprehensive volumes cover the history of steam shipping, iron and steel production, and railroads-three interrelated enterprises that helped shift the Industrial Revolution ...
This volume in the Problems in American Civilization series is a well-balanced anthology of essays on industrialization in the U.S.
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.