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Teacher Resources-Feature-American Memory Timeline-Industrial America

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.h...

This weblink is a part of Library of Congress" American Memory. It offers a brief overview of the Industrial era as well as subtopics and associated primary documents. For instance in the subtopic, Work in the Late 19th Century, among the documents there is an interesting interview of a shoeworker discussing his opinions on the effects of machinery in the workplace and on the lives of the workers.

Referenced in:
Pennsylvania's Iron Furnaces: Forging the Industrialization of the Nation

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