The who's who of-- the Industrial Revolution

By Clive Gifford

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Industrial revolution

Description: The Who's Who of the Industrial Revolution features such characters as Samuel Slater, the Englishman who introduced the cotton mill to the United States, starting a revolution in the American cotton industry, and Rover Owen, a reformer who helped form the first trade unions in Britain to secure better conditions for workers. [back cover].