Online Databases
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encyclopedias, you may use the Alberta
Learning Online Reference Centre.
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Use the Citing Sources page to see Chicago style citation.
SourceAid.com
A painless way to do a bibliography. Just copy and paste (or
type) your information (title, author, URL, etc.) and SourceAid supplies the
appropriate formatting including punctuation, spacing, correct order of entries,
etc.
The Encyclopaedia of British History
This site provides extensive links to material on the Industrial Revolution in Britain, including child labour, trade unions, towns and cities, and many other topics.
Child Labour in the 19th Century - Contains background information on factory reformers, child labour supporters, and child labourers.
Poverty, Health and Housing - Details the work of many investigators of the time who uncovered the appalling living conditions of the poor.
The Textile System - Scroll down to view "Life in a Textile Factory" and "Factory Workers."
This page from the Victorian Web discusses how and why children worked during the industrial revolution. Includes articles on life in the factory, reformers, supporters of child labor, workers' voices and factory acts.
Lesson: Industrial Revolution (Women in World History Curriculum)
"The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and
Wales" includes some material from primary sources.
The History Place - Child Labor in America - Lewis W. Hine's documentary work on the state of child labor in The USA between 1908-1912.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Industrial Revolution
Links to sites with information including various inventions, technological advances, and the social and political effects of the Industrial Revolution. Discusses social and political effects. Includes material on sanitary conditions, and the effects of working in a factory and a coal mine.
Modern History Sourcebook: Friederich Engels: Industrial Manchester, 1844
An excerpt from Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1892), pp. 45, 48-53.
The Life of the Industrial Worker in Ninteenth-Century England
This page from the Victorian Web discusses the Sadler Committee report, the result of which was the passage of legislation limiting hours of employment for women and children in textile work.
Cotton Times: Understanding the Industrial Revolution
Inventors, engineers, reformers, chronology in a site with a quick, powerful overview of the effects of the Industrial Revolution.
The Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution and BBC History - Victorians are two sites from the British Broadcasting Corporation about the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
http://www.victorianlondon.org
Victorian London is explored through primary source documents. The main page contains a browse index which links to Victorian sources on various topics, such as: Architecture, Childhood, Disease, Maps, Science & Technology, and Women. A large bibliography not only lists the works referenced, but also points directly to the full text versions.
An extensive site, with many useful links.
To find pictures, try Google. Type the name of the topic (in quotation marks if more than one word), and add +image; e.g., “cotton gin” +image.
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E-mail questions to C. Peterson, M.E. LaZerte High School Teacher Librarian, at cynthia dot peterson at epsb dot ca (replace the word "at" with the @ symbol; "dot" with a period). Last updated April 14/04
