The Industrial Revolution in America [3 volumes]: Communications, Agriculture and Meatpacking, Overview/Comparison

This three-volume set concludes ABC-CLIO's groundbreaking series on the Industrial Revolution as it played out in the United States, offering volumes on the communications industry and the agriculture and meatpacking industries―plus a concluding overview volume on the causes, courses, and interconnections among the industries that brought such dramatic change to our lives.

• Sidebars take readers deeper into fascinating topics, such as the role of the railroads in the rise of Chicago's meatpacking industry and in the spread of the telegraph

• Biographical sketches of larger-than-life entrepreneurs including Samuel F. B. Morse, Cyrus McCormick, and Philip Armour