The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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24 historical maps of The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914, one for each turning point: who controlled what, and what changed since the map before.
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The Industrial Revolution in Europe
1750
BEFORE THE MACHINES
1785
ARKWRIGHT’S MILLS AND THE FIRST CANALS
1800
THE COTTON TOWNS
1820
COAL, IRON AND THE CANAL NETWORK
1830
THE LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY
1840
THE FIRST TRUNK LINES; THE ZOLLVEREIN
April 1848
THE LAST CHARTIST PETITION
1850
THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL NATION
1851
THE CENSUS OF 1851 — AN URBAN NATION
1860
FREE TRADE AND THE CONTINENTAL LINES
1870
THE CONTINENT FOLLOWS
1890
STEEL, CHEMICALS AND ELECTRICITY
1900
THE NEW INDUSTRIAL POWERS
1913
EUROPE ON THE EVE OF WAR
The industrial world
1750
AN ATLANTIC AND ASIAN WORLD
1806
HAITI FREE; THE COTTON GIN’S FIRST HARVESTS
1830
THE COTTON KINGDOM AND AN INDEPENDENT LATIN AMERICA
1850
FREE TRADE AND GUNBOATS
1861
COTTON IS KING — ON THE EVE OF THE COTTON FAMINE
1869
SUEZ AND THE GOLDEN SPIKE
1890
AMERICA OVERTAKES BRITAIN
1910
JAPAN’S INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE
1913
THE FIRST GLOBAL ECONOMY
August 1914
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD GOES TO WAR
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