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History: Industrial Revolution (1750-1840)

Industsrial Revolution

topics

Topics or subjects concerning the Industrial Revolution include

Transportation - railroads (trains), steam boats, canals

improvements in agriculture

improvements in energy

improvements in metallurgy

textiles

chemicals

improvements in manufacturing going from small shops to large factories

IR website

IR technology

IR agriculture

IR transporation

IR energy

Library Databases

Databases

PJC on campus

the main Academic database is ProQuest

Accessing Databases from Off Campus:

  1. Go to Paris Junior College Homepage
  2. Click on Quick Links
  3. Select Library Services
  4. Under Library Links click on Databases (off-campus login)
  5. User name is your student ID number
  6. Password is your birthday (mmddyyyy)

To access the academic databases from home, click here:

Causes of Industrial Revolution

3 main causes of the Industrial Revolution

1. The emergence of capitalism,

2. European imperialism, efforts to mine coal

3. The effects of the Agricultural Revolution.

Causes of the Industrial Revolution

Online Catalog

The catalog has many different resources and materials available to help you.

Physical books at PJC library include Critical perspectives of the Industrial Revolution, Age of industrialization in America, Fire of his genius (Robert Fulton), steamboats, railroad including trains, Eli Whitney

E-books are available through Netlibrary - see the database selections below.- Makers of machines (Eli Whitney), 

On Line Catalog

E-books