Before the Industrial Revolution ... A photograph from 1910 showing child labour in cotton mills in Georgia, USA. Children were a cheap source of labour in textile factories, until using children ...

The Luddite movement, active between 1811 and 1816 in England, was a collective of skilled artisans—primarily weavers and ...

The industrial revolution stands out as a time of great ... but in this time of heightened immigration the supply of laborers keen to make their way in a new country was even higher.

working conditions in factories deteriorated further during the Industrial Revolution. Factory workers were subjected to long hours and inadequate remuneration, and child labor became a prevalent ...

The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century radically changed human labor, with a lot of good things (steam trains!) coming at the cost of bad things (child labor!). Brian Merchant is the author ...