And over the years, as Faiza Elmasry tells us, he developed his own style of vintage jewelry using the same techniques as industrial revolution artisans at the end of the 18th century. Faith ...

In Britain in the early 19th century, the industrial revolution was under way, but there was also an economic crunch. Workers faced inflation and reduced wages. And for those in the textile ...

Liberty's Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution, by Emma Griffin, Yale University Press, x + 303 pages, $45. For over a century the ruling interpretations of the industrial ...

The Industrial Revolution came when a generation of British artisans harnessed their fascination with practical mechanics to a theoretical understanding of the natural world.