It wasn’t all Bleak House and Oliver Twist. According to historian Griffin (A Short History of the British Industrial Revolution), the negative impact of the Industrial Revolution has been grossly ...

Machines have been “taking” jobs from humans since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Davidson College Economics ...

Mechanisation and automation have been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But these are not inevitable or neutral economic realities. They are political weapons of oppression under capitalism.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Some periods in our history are so transformative that they create a clear divide between ...

“In every society, there are stabilizing Forces that protect the status quo. Some of these forces protect entrenched vested interests that might incur losses if innovations were introduced, others are ...

Expertise and opinions of authors published by ForbesBooks. Imprint operated under license. In his book Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek shares the story of a former Under Secretary of Defense who is ...

During our week-long workshop, "Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution," teachers participated in a number of different activities. The videos on this page use a montage approach to ...

Georgetown University history professor J.R. McNeill spoke last week at Duke about global environmental history and the Industrial Revolution. He discussed the environmental consequences of ...

Join us on an extraordinary journey through the Birmingham Canal Navigation, a network boasting over 160 kilometres of waterways. With its impressive expanse surpassing even that of Venice, this ...

We are in the midst of what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0. This is a time of disruption, massive change, opportunities, and significant risks. Fortunes will shift, ...