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 ...

The shift from hand tools to machines, rural farms to booming cities—this is the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and how it reshaped the world.

In the 1800s, it became common to employ women and children to work in factories. Before the Industrial Revolution, all but the wealthiest women worked. However, this work was normally in the home ...