In the late 18th century, the U.S. was primarily an agricultural nation reliant on imports for manufactured goods. Early ...

The past 20 years have seen remarkable shifts in technology, from smartphones to solar and the electrification of transport. Clean energy and technology consultant Gerard Reid argues that an even ...

From the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution—where figures like Benjamin Franklin harnessed the power of electricity—to the production lines of World War II, America's industrial prowess ...

Before the Industrial Revolution ... A photograph from 1910 showing child labour in cotton mills in Georgia, USA. Children were a cheap source of labour in textile factories, until using children ...

Manhattan Institute fellow Allison Schrager adds: "People forget how disruptive the Industrial Revolution ... Anti-establishment forces in the United States are growing, and their momentum is ...

Although there was some hope immediately after the Revolution that the ideals of ... the value of the total United States crop leaped from $150,000 to more than $8 million. This success of this ...

And, while this study focuses on the United States ... fueling the automobile revolution, demand for key commodities outpaced economic growth.” Post-World War II industrial expansion saw ...

On Tuesday, the Menard Family George Washington Forum at Ohio University hosted a lecture about the origins of the Industrial ...

The Industrial Revolution is considered to be ... These problems led to the rise of the labor movement in Britain and the United States.

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.