HIST 285 - Technology in Historical PerspectiveDepartment of History & Politics, Drexel University

Prof. Lloyd Ackert

“Geographies of Industry”

I. Introduction

A. The Industrial Revolution

B. New industries

C. Industry, class, culture.

D. London, Manchester, Sheffield http://links.org.au/node/1206

Steel, Steam, PoliticsTextiles

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 beer

E. Women and children

Industrialization video

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-GrinderRazor 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