the Industrial Revolution
noun
: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed
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The exhibition begins with the 19th century, when the Industrial Revolution brought more Americans closer to cities and farther from the farms where their food came from, as the New York Times’ Shannon Eblen writes.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Company towns were more prevalent in the 19th and 20th centuries during the Industrial Revolution, when large companies that produced iron, coal, and lumber owned much of the housing and stores around their production facilities.
—Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Nantucket and New Bedford thrived as whaling ports in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the expeditions that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution severely depleted whale populations.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
The next major shift in seller-buyer relationships happened with the Industrial Revolution.
—Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Company towns were more prevalent in the 19th and 20th centuries during the Industrial Revolution, when large companies that produced iron, coal, and lumber owned much of the housing and stores around their production facilities.
—Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Nantucket and New Bedford thrived as whaling ports in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the expeditions that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution severely depleted whale populations.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
The next major shift in seller-buyer relationships happened with the Industrial Revolution.
—Vazghen Nikolian, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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