History Exam
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hist285_spring2010_week3_industry_1.pptxHIST 285 - Technology in Historical Perspective
Department of History & Politics
“Geographies of Industry”
I. Introduction
A. The Industrial Revolution
B. New industries
C. Industry, class, culture.
D. London, Manchester, Sheffield
II. London:
A. The largest and fastest growing site of industry
B. The canal and dock complex
C. Coal
D. Beer Brewing
1. Porter
2. Watt steam engine
3. By-products and ancillary industries
4. Control of the Market
a. “Pubs” and the Beer Act of 1830
E. Women and children
III. Manchester (Cottonopolis)
A. Cotton textile Industry
B. Unified cotton factory system
C. Gender issues
D. Ancillary industries
1. Machine builder and iron
James Heargreaves ‘Spinning Jenny’
Arkwright’s Water Frame
Crompton’s Spinning Mule
IV. Sheffield
A. Steel
B. Geography
C. Not a factory system
D. Steam power
E. Ancillary products
The Steel Manufacturers of Sheffield : The Hull or Workshop of the Razor-Grinder
Razor grinders at work in a steel mill in Sheffield, England, 1866. Flues situated in front of the grinding stones serve to carry away any harmful dust and metal particles produced during the grinding process.
IV. Critics
A. Charles Dickens
B. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
C. Luddites
