prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution, as the necessary labour force was now available. However, far too many people sought work in the burgeoning industrial cities, as mechanisation put millions of artisans [...] ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: WORKERS' MISERY AND LABOUR MOVEMENT Listen In the second half of the 18th century, Great Britain experienced strong population growth - one of the prerequisites [...] their farms became unprofitable after being freed from manorial labour. In Manchester, the first industrial city, the population increased sixfold between 1711 and 1831. In London, it increased by about

in order to market their milk products – in this case their famous cheese. Long before the industrial revolution, Great Britain also profited from the experiences of the Dutch. Soon after the first polder [...] The largest of the three plants later became the world's first official industrial monument. At the time the overpopulated industrial towns had another completely different problem with water. Hundreds of

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Listen The Industrial Revolution began in the fields of British farmers. Thanks to new cultivation methods, they were able to increase their yields in the [...] rolling mills in motion, which shaped red-hot iron blocks into sheets, rails and profiles. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain was also financed by the trade in slaves and colonial goods produced by slaves [...] mass-produced goods made by machines. The best example is one of the key raw materials of the Industrial Revolution: cotton. India, now Britain’s most valuable colony, had exported cotton cloth for centuries

ON THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT Listen During the early years of the Industrial Revolution there was a radical change in transportation. The arrival of pounding steamships and steam locomotives gave a huge [...] transporting goods. In 1761, the Bridgewater canal was completed in one of the birthplaces of the industrial age, the British textile area Lancashire; from then on, the route supplied the booming city of [...] factories and iron mills in all the major cities in Britain. The steam engine triggered off the revolution in transport. The first experiments with the technology date back to 1690, when a French physicist

THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIALISED GENOCIDE The systematic mass murder of Jews and Roma and Sinti during the Nazi dictatorship in Germany is often characterised with terms such

area of land. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: The Industrial Revolution History Discussion: The History of the Industrial Revolution La diffusion de la révolution industrielle en Europe continentale European [...] THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN EUROPE Listen The industrial revolution in Europe didn't happen overnight but only spread over the continent very gradually. One of the triggers was the unusually high growth [...] but surely the focus of employment began to switch from the agrarian sector to industrial production. The industrial revolution in Europe had very different features. Belgium, one of the first industrialised

their rows of spinning frames and thousands of rattling bobbins heralded the coming of the Industrial Revolution. But these mills also had a darker side to their story as most of the cotton came from plantations [...] opposition between capital and labour. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution Textile History - Invention of Textile The Heritage of the Textile Industry. Thematic Study [...] Cromford, and soon built up an empire and became one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the industrial era. An alternative solution was offered by the spinning jenny, invented by a weaver called James

region centred on Borås and the expanding industrial city of Norrköping. Towards the end of the century, Sweden profited greatly from the Second Industrial Revolution, in which new sectors outgrew heavy industry [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SWEDEN Listen Sweden’s long road to becoming an industrial nation followed a familiar path in that the process began with agricultural surpluses and a consequent population [...] enabled Sweden to finance its bid to become a major power. The earliest signs of a nascent industrial revolution appeared in the first half of the 18th century: entrepreneur Jonas Alströmer founded a partially

the new industrial cities. Towards the end of the century, demand diversified as the electrical engineering, chemical and mechanical engineering sectors expanded in the "Second Industrial Revolution": copper [...] ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: SLAVERY AND COLONIALIMS Listen For some 75 years, historians have argued about the role that slavery and colonialism played in industrialisation. The key [...] appreciation in the course of debates on post-colonialism. At least for the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England, concrete connections have now been proven: English traders trafficked some 2.5

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ON THE HISTORY OF THE SERVICE AND LEISURE INDUSTRY Listen The Industrial Revolution resulted in more and more smokestacks shooting out of the ground and a huge increase in factories, coal mines and steelworks; [...] be piled up on top of one another, as one wished. As work became ever more mechanised during the industrial age, manufacturers increased working hours, without heed to the increasing stress on men, women

the tracks of the industrial revolution. Theme Routes take up specific questions relating to European industrial history and reveal potential links between radically different industrial monuments all over [...] discovery along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the [...] European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet, for example. Or South Wales, a key region in the "world's first industrial nation". Both these areas comprise a number of less significant industrial monuments

European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet, for example. Or South Wales, a key region in the "world's first industrial nation". Both these areas comprise a number of less significant industrial monuments [...] raw material deposits. more Industrial Valleys The slate hillsides of the Rhineland do not resemble an industrial area in the slightest. That said, it is indeed an industrial area whose economic roots [...] REGIONAL ROUTES OPEN UP THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF A REGION Listen In many European regions there are few industrial heritage sites with touristic potential. Each of this regions has its own specialisms

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF PORTUGAL Listen Portugal was isolated within Europe for a long time: both by its location on the western edge of the continent and by a policy that sought little exchange with [...] country" is difficult to determine. Not least because of the lack of mineral resources, only a few industrial islands formed there until the end of the 19th century: Textile production was the most successful [...] the colonies as markets and raw-material suppliers, Great Britain exported technically advanced industrial goods to Portugal and in return procured agricultural products. The isolationist policy of the

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THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: NAZI AND OTHER FORCED LABOUR Listen Forced labour is difficult to distinguish from other forms of economic exploitation. In pre-industrial times, it can be understood [...] could be bearable - but they were at the mercy of the racism of the German population every day. Industrial companies were happy to request the allocation of forced labourers because their wages were low

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MONACO Listen The principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi family since 1297. They were stripped of their power during the French Revolution, but in 1861 France restored

MINING Listen Coal from European and American collieries was the universal fuel during the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless technical inventions in mining played a relatively insignificant role. The main

headquarters from Rhodes in 1530 in the face of the advancing Ottoman threat. However, the Industrial Revolution, which began in England in 1767 with the invention of the Spinning Jenny, rapidly overwhelmed [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MALTA Listen Malta and its surrounding islands have very little in the way of natural resources. Only the limestone, which is suitable for making cement. Additionally, the

a result,, Italy’s first railway was laid from Naples to the nearby Portici industrial region in 1839. The modest industrial upswing continued after national unification in 1861, but the new national currency [...] well, and food manufacturer Círio opened its first factory, for canned goods, in Turin. The Industrial Revolution swept the northern half of Italy between 1897 and 1913. In 1899, Giovanni Agnelli founded [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ITALY Listen Italy’s lack of natural resources and long history of fragmentation were its greatest obstacles on the road to industrialisation. The disparity between North and