The Industrial Revolution
Pushkin Press · Paperback · June 6, 2017
While we all know that large-scale industrialization began in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution truly began in Germany with Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press.
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- Who it’s for
- From Gutenberg’s press to Ford’s cars, this book traces inventions that reshaped production.
- Themes
- Industrialization, Technological innovation, Economic development
- Genres
- Graphic History, Inventions & Inventors, History
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While we all know that large-scale industrialization began in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution truly began in Germany with Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press. His innovation made it possible to mass-produce books, which spread literacy and knowledge all across Europe. It was in the eighteenth century, however, that manual labor started being replaced by what we today know as machines.
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First in Europe came Thomas Newcomen and James Watt and the steam engine. Then came John Kay and his flying shuttle, which led to the development of the textile industry. Then, in the United States, there was Robert Fulton and his steamboat, and Eli Whitney and his cotton gin. Finally, it was Henry Ford whose mass-produced vehicles made cars affordable to all. The Industrial Revolution continues to this day as formerly less developed countries, especially in Asia, have taken to rapid industrialization to improve their economy. Lexile Reading Level 800L.
Machines and Makers
From Gutenberg’s press to Ford’s cars, this book traces inventions that reshaped production.
Come here for
- How Gutenberg’s press helped spread books across Europe
- The shift from manual labor toward machines
Expect
- Steam engines and the flying shuttle
- Steamboats, cotton gins, and mass-produced vehicles
Where it sits
| Graphic History | 54% |
|---|---|
| Inventions & Inventors | 50% |
| History | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Graphic History
- Modern History for Teens
- Inventions & Inventors
- Authors
- Lewis Helfand
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Published
- June 6, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Industrialization · Technological innovation · Economic development
- Reading lane
- Graphic History