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Vb. Global Commerce, Communications & Technology
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Topics for V. AP Themes: 1750-1914
Changes in Patterns of World Trade; Industrial Revolution
Professor Robert A. Hatch -- University of Florida
The Scientific Revolution
These sites offer text and links about the Scientific Revolution.
 Professor Robert A. Hatch -- University of Florida
The Scientific Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution -- A Trip to the Past
ThinkQuest Library
These useful sites address the Industrial Revolution and provide links on related topics.
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution -- A Trip to the Past
ThinkQuest Library
James Watt
This site details how James Watt's steam engine worked.
James Watt
Victorian and Victorianism
Just about every aspect of Victorian culture is introduced in this vast site.
Victorian and Victorianism
Ned Ludd LIVE!
This site offers a virtual interview with Edward (Ned) Ludd, whose name is synonymous with resistance to technological change.
Ned Ludd LIVE!
Factory Reformers
This site explores the practice of child labor in the 19th century and the reformers who sought to curtail it. Scroll down to "tactics and issues" and open the link to Michael Armstrong, Factory Boy. Then, open the link to the life of Francis Trollope, author of an influential book on child labor.
Factory Reformers
Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions
The classic British ministerial report on the conditions of workers living in Victorian London and the reasons why they should be ameliorated.
Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions
Modern History Sourcebook -- Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
In this site, you will discover that Andrew Carnegie's surprising views of the Gospel of Wealth included approval of progressive taxation.
Modern History Sourcebook -- Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
Robert Owen
Robert Owen's efforts to improve the living and working conditions of factory workers in Europe and America are examined.
Robert Owen
Liberalism Defined
This site attempts to define Liberalism in the context of Latin American and to apply that concept to the policies pursued by leaders in Mexico and Argentina. It offers insight into perceptions of difference in ideology between liberals and conservatives in Latin America.
Liberalism Defined
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