Industrialization and Its Discontents 1750–1850

Video and Podcast Links

 

“Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c

Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution (11:04)
John Green presents a “Crash Course” in Britain’s industrial revolution.


“1848: Year of Revolution”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b019gy9p

This BBC podcast discusses the history surrounding the revolts and revolutions of 1848.


“Consequences of the Industrial Revolution”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wr9r7

This BBC podcast discusses the lasting impact and consequences of Britain’s Industrial Revolution.

 

Web Links

 

Quarry Bank Mill
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quarry-bank

The Quarry Bank Mill is a British National Trust site that operates to this day to demonstrate life in the industrial age.

 

Art of the Ottoman Empire
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grot/hd_grot.htm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s overview of art and architecture from the Ottoman Empire during 1600-1800, when the Ottoman aesthetic spread to many new regions.

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