In the late 18th century, the U.S. was primarily an agricultural nation reliant on imports for manufactured goods. Early ...

even for children. Before the Industrial Revolution craftspeople made things in their own homes or in small workshops. The new factory system meant people had to go to a place of work where they ...

Where did the population move to during the Industrial Revolution? The factory system was created through industrialization, and workers moved into cities in search of work in factories, which in turn ...

The first half of the digital revolution ... in the industrial manufacturing sector have an ongoing smart factory initiative. In a smart factory, previously disparate systems and devices become ...

The assembly lines of Detroit, Pittsburgh’s steel mills and New England’s textile factories once symbolized ... From the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution—where figures like Benjamin ...