The Industrial Revolution

Key Issues

Titles

Chapters

• Changes in the location of the industries
• Coal: solutions to problems
• Continuity of hand methods alongside the factory system
• Early uses of steel
• Effects of change on the geographical location of industry, why south Lancashire and Clydeside developed as the main areas for the cotton industry
• Gilchrist-Thomas
• Government intervention
• Inadequacies of iron
• Increased demand as a result of the increase in population and the inter-dependence of the industries
• Iron: Ironmasters, including Cort
• Iron: Ironmasters, including the Darby family
• Iron: Ironmasters, including Wilkinson
• Location and regional developments
• New machinery, including the work of Arkwright
• New machinery, including the work of Cartright
• New machinery, including the work of Crompton
• New machinery, including the work of Hargreaves
• New machinery, including the work of Kay
• Organisation and location of coal, iron, steel and textiles industries in 1700
• Power: water and steam including the work of Boulton
• Power: water and steam including the work of Newcomen
• Power: water and steam including the work of Watt
• Problems relating to coal, iron, steel, textiles and power
• Regional variations
• Siemens
• Steel: the work of Huntsman
• Textiles: development of cotton and the decline of wool
• The changing roles of children in manufacturing
• The changing roles of men in manufacturing
• The changing roles of women in manufacturing
• The development and importance of steam power; the role of Boulton
• The development and importance of steam power; the role of Watt
• The Domestic System, location and changes in organisation and financing
• The effects of change on working conditions and on the way of life of working people
• The factory system and its economic advantages
• The impact of changes in organisation, methods and geographical location of iron production including the impact of Cort
• The impact of changes in organisation, methods and geographical location of iron production including the impact of Crawshay at the Cyfartha Works
• The impact of changes in organisation, methods and geographical location of iron production including the impact of the Darby family at Coalbrookdale
• The impact of changes in organisation, methods and geographical location of iron production including the impact of Wilkinson
• the impact of changes on employment and the organisation of work.
• The impact of inventions on organisation and methods of production including the work of Arkwright
• The impact of inventions on organisation and methods of production including the work of Cartwright
• The impact of inventions on organisation and methods of production including the work of Crompton
• The impact of inventions on organisation and methods of production including the work of Hargreaves
• The impact of inventions on organisation and methods of production including the work of Kay
• The impact of new technology in coal mining including the work of Buddle
• The impact of new technology in coal mining including the work of Davy
• The impact of new technology in coal mining including the work of Newcomen
• The impact of new technology in coal mining including the work of Watt
• The impact, in different parts of Britain, of change in coal and iron, eg Cort
• The impact, in different parts of Britain, of change in coal and iron, eg Wilkinson
• The impact, in different parts of Britain, of change in steel, eg the importance of Bessemer
• The reasons for the increased demand for coal and iron from the middle of the eighteenth century
• The reasons for the use of cotton rather than wool
• The role and impact of inventors and entrepreneurs, eg Arkwright, and the importance of his inventions
• The role and impact of inventors and entrepreneurs, eg Crompton, and the importance of his inventions
• The role and impact of inventors and entrepreneurs, eg Edmund Cartwright, and the importance of his inventions
• The role and impact of inventors and entrepreneurs, eg Hargreaves, and the importance of his inventions
• The role and impact of inventors and entrepreneurs, eg Kay, and the importance of his inventions
• the role of the Darby family
• The transition from domestic production to the factory system in textiles
• The work of Bessemer
• Transport improvements
• Transport: effects of transport developments on each industry
• Uses of power
• Uses of steel