Understanding the Industrial Revolution

Explore the transformative impact of the Industrial Revolution in this 18-minute video featuring insights from three experts. Delve into how this pivotal period reshaped social and political structures on a global scale, rivaling the significance of the invention of agriculture. Examine the transition from pre-industrialized Britain to the ignition of industrialization through coal. Investigate the dark side of this revolution, including poor working conditions and social unrest. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how the Industrial Revolution shook the modern world, weighing both its positive and negative consequences. Learn from clips sourced from Wondrium series on economic history, big history of civilizations, and great revolutions of modern history.