The Industrial Revolution- defined as 'the change from an agricultural to
an industrial civilization that took place from about the middle of the 18th century
to the middle of the 19th century.' Sounds like it's unimportant, doesn't it? That
could not be any further from the truth. The Industrial Revolution was neither
sudden nor swift. It was a long, slow process in which production from hand
tools to machines and in which new sources of power such as steam and
electricity replaced human and animal power. The Industrial Revolution did not
only convert the patterns of work in natio…
