The industrial revolution : opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, book editor. - San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c1998. - 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - American history series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.

1: Should the United States become a manufacturing Nation? -- 2: Industrialization before the civil war -- 3: Wealth, poverty, and industrialization in the gilded age -- 4: Industrial workers and the rise of unionism -- 5: Social effects of the industrial revolution -- 6: Historians debate the role of Robber Barons in the industrial revolution.

1565107071 (hbk.)


Industrial revolution--United States.

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