The Industrial Revolution
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to do a Subject Search using the following
Search Terms -
Industrial revolution
(Name of country) -- Economic conditions
Factory management
Great Britain -- History -- 1800-1899
Great Britain -- History -- Nineteenth century
Industrialization
Industries -- History
Technology and civilization
Child Labor
Call Numbers
for Books on this subject are usually
330.9 OR 909.81 OR 338.0973
See Also: Biographies (ex. James Watt, James Hargreaves, Eli Whitney, etc.)
General Encyclopedias
are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:
The World Book Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Compton's Encyclopedia
Print Resources - Circulating Books:
The Industrial Revolution - 909.81 WIL
Economics Today and Tomorrow - 330 MIL
Economics : Ideas & Men - 330.1 BOR
The Industrial Revolution - 330.9 IND
Technology - 609 CAR
A History of Great Inventions - 608 DYS
Child Labor - 331.3 GRE
Child Labor and Sweatshops - 331.3 CHI
Print Resources - Reference Books:
Encyclopedia of Economic History - REF 330.9
Economics : Economic History - REF 330 ECO
History of the Modern World, Vol. 4,5,6 - REF 909.08 HIS
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