Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

While every generation has its own special contributions to and experiences in society, an actor and writer named Andy took ...

Rivers have been more intensively used for power in the Don catchment than almost anywhere else in the country, particularly during the peak of the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield is famous for its ...

Appointed in 1910, Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free of vice and immorality Peter Zablocki A new ...

The influx of laborers required to operate mills during the early 1800s are responsible for shaping the culturally diverse population of the city.

A blend of equity, private debt and public investment drove the country's growth in the Industrial Revolution. To remain ...

A North Carolina mother says her middle school student was asked to pick cotton during a lesson about the Industrial ...